to bid
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4.9
- verb
- /bɪd/
- Formal
:
despedirse de
- I bid you good night.
- bid farewell
- bid goodbye
- bid adieu
And we must indeed bid farewell to our aliens.
- And we must indeed bid farewell to our aliens.
- And yet it's time, in fact really past time to begin to bid them goodbye.
- Now let us bid farewell to the fallen.
- But until then, I must bid you adieu and turn off my camera, all right?
- In Dying, the poet tells us, the planter had to bid farewell to the simple banjo music that voiced for him his attachment to his island.
- Well, I guess this is where we bid a do.
- This is the end of the vlog and so I must say I bid you a do bye.
Examples
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All too soon, they must bid farewell to their friends and family.
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Knights, I bid you welcome to your new home.
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And as always, I bid you to keep looking up.
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As always, I bid you to keep looking up.
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So I bid you fair night, fair night.
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Well, gentlemen, I bid thee good night.
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Monsieur, I bid you welcome
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And with that fly, I bid you adieu.
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On behalf of myself, producer Bruce Hammond... and everyone here at the network, we bid you all a fond farewell.
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As always, I bid you good night.
Synonyms
577
1.0
To express hope that something good will happen to someone
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1.0
To tell someone you are leaving and wish them well
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An offer to buy shares that pays more for control shares and less for others
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bid (to say a greeting or farewell) comes from the old verb biddan meaning 'to say' or 'command', so to bid someone farewell is simply to say goodbye, and the old past form was bade.