bid
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3.2
- noun
- /bɪd/
- Leading aid agencies say they are already chronically short of basic food and medicine, so in a bid to protect supplies, armed police and military are now guarding food banks as well as emergency accommodation.
- make a bid
- lose a bid
- a successful bid
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Watch on YouTubeBeast is making a bid to buy TikTok.
- Beast is making a bid to buy TikTok.
- Am I meeting those bids for connection and vice versa?
- An insecure person will want what other people have in a bid to feel better about themselves.
- If it's a couples situation, you may see them sort of making a bid and sort of trying to do the right thing.
- And so we we saw the kids and then when they came there winter break and they were struggling as a team, we put a bid in for them and managed to get them.
- So regardless of the reason for the turning away, if it's really habitual, that person making a bid really gets hurt by the turning away.
- Technology is making a bid to redefine human connection, how we care for each other, how we care for ourselves.
- Or is your opening bid to not trust?
- Understanding that relationships are always a bid.
Examples
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Your grandfather sold some shares last year to finance a bid for another company.
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I was just checking to see about the house - we put a bid on in Japan.
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The Labor Party chairman also lost in his election bid, as did its other candidates.
Academic text (1993) -
My bid for freedom was investing a half million in my best friend Gabe's real estate company.
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Twenty-four-year-old Miss Margaret Roberts lost her bid to win a seat in Parliament today, but she has put new life into the Dartford Conservative Association.
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But without a unified polity, the Palestinians' bid for statehood will not be credible.
Academic text (2011) -
Some characterize the Palestinians' UN bid as an attempt to achieve statehood unilaterally or to delegitimize Israel.
Academic text (2011) -
He made a bid for the leadership position within the organization.
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Her successful bid to become the school president surprised everyone.
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In a competitive market, his bid for the contract was the most appealing.
Synonyms
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1.0
A suggestion to buy something or to give someone a job
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1.0
A try to do something, often when it is difficult
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5.3
An action to get power, attention, or advantage
Compounds
- Specialized
An offer to buy shares that pays more for control shares and less for others
How Determined
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bid (an attempt) comes from the old idea of biddan 'to ask' or 'offer', so a bid to win something is an attempt to be chosen or given the prize.