to bid
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3.5
- verb
- /bɪd/
- Archaic
:
ordenar
- As the leader of the group, I bid you all to follow my instructions carefully.
Examples
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I bid you good day.
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I bid you wear it now, my lord.
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As always, I bid you keep looking up.
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I went down the back way to bid him and the dog good night.
Fiction book (1990) -
Members, brothers and sisters, again, we bid you welcome.
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When I gave it, he pointed to the access door and bid me enter.
Academic text (1993) -
Then I guess we must bid you adieu.
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Mr. Renfield, I bid you welcome.
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On behalf of our Chief, I bid ye welcome again to Dunvegan Castle.
Fiction book (1991) -
Thrilled, he nodded; then, seeing Etzmoan waiting as if for some ritual, he said, "I bid you proceed."
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To request that someone do something or meet a requirement
∞
1.0
To ask someone politely to come or take part in an event
∞
1.0
To ask for something politely or formally
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3.9
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
256
1.6
To beg someone urgently and humbly for something
153
1.0
Ask someone humbly for money or food, often in public
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6.8
To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way
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8.2
To ask someone earnestly for something
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8.1
Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something
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9.9
To urge someone very seriously or formally, often under oath, to do something
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An offer to buy shares that pays more for control shares and less for others
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bid goes back to the old word biddan meaning 'to ask' or 'to tell', so to bid someone is to ask or formally tell them to do something.