Definition of "bid" in İngilizce

verb

1. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.

   • He bade me come in.

2. (transitive) To invite; to summon.

   • She was bidden to the wedding.

3. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.

4. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

   • Have you ever bid in an auction?

2. (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.

   • She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.

3. (intransitive) To make an attempt.

   • He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.

4. (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.

5. (transitive, intransitive, trucking) To take a particular route regularly.

   • I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!

6. simple past and past participle of bid

noun

1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

   • His bid was $35,000.
   • The company tendered a bid for a lucrative transport contract.

2. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.

   • Nice bid!

3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

   • Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
   • She put in her bid for the presidency.
   • He put in his bid for office.

4. (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.

   • I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better.

5. (prison slang) A prison sentence.

   • So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid.