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1. (auction) propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   - offer, tender
    
2. Invoke upon
   "bid farewell";
   - wish
    
3. Ask for or request earnestly
   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";
   - beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
    
4. (card game) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   "He bade his trump";
   - call
    
5. Make a serious effort to attain something
   "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
    
6. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   - invite

1. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   - command, bidding, dictation
    
2. An attempt to get something
   "he made a bid to gain attention";
   - play
    
3. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
   - tender
    
4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
   - bidding

Derived forms: bidding, bidden, bade, bids

Type of: attempt, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], greet, offer, offering, play, plead, recognise [Brit], recognize, request, seek, speech act, statement, try

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Bid, South Khorasan