Word

bid, n.
(bids)
freq. cnt. 2

an attempt to get something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bid play

sample sentences

"they made a futile play for power"
"he made a bid to gain attention"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid

semantic pointers

hypernym

effort, attempt, try, endeavor, endeavour

an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bid bidding command dictation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

command

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dictate dictate

semantic pointers

hypernym

speech act

hyponym

countermand order commission, charge, direction commandment injunction behest open sesame

(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
<noun.communication>

bid bidding

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid

semantic pointers

part holonym

bridge

domain of synset (topic)

bridge

hypernym

statement

hyponym

contract, declaration takeout overbid, overcall preemptive bid, pre-empt, preempt

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
<noun.communication>

bid tender

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bid bid

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tender tender

semantic pointers

hypernym

offer, offering

hyponym

overbid buyout bid