If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it. When bid has this meaning, its past tense and past participle is bid.
People used to use bid with expressions like good day and farewell. This use still occurs sometimes in stories. When bid has this meaning, its past tense is either bid or bade and its past participle is either bid or bidden.
In modern English, you use say instead of 'bid' in sentences like these.
However, when you use say, the indirect object goes after the direct object. You do not say 'I said them good evening'.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() speech act - the use of language to perform some act countermand - a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" commission, direction, charge - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" commandment - something that is commanded injunction - a formal command or admonition behest - an authoritative command or request open sesame - a magical command; used by Ali Baba |
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3. | ![]() offering, offer - something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" overbid - a bid that is higher than preceding bids buyout bid - a bid to buy all of a person's holdings | |
4. | ![]() bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" contract, declaration - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make takeout - (bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit overcall, overbid - (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) preempt, pre-empt, preemptive bid - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding | |
Verb | 1. | ![]() by-bid - bid on behalf of someone else subscribe - offer to buy, as of stocks and shares; "The broker subscribed 500 shares" overbid - bid more than the object is worth underbid - bid too low outbid - bid higher than others underbid - bid lower than a competing bidder |
2. | ![]() felicitate, congratulate - express congratulations | |
3. | ![]() plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" | |
4. | ![]() play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" raise - bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level double - bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) outcall - make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game underbid - bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants outbid - bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled overbid - to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, preempt - make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | |
5. | ![]() seek - try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness" | |
6. | ![]() request - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |