Noun

• S: (n) command (command%1:10:00::), bid (bid%1:10:03::), bidding (bidding%1:10:02::), dictation (dictation%1:10:01::) (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
• S: (n) bidding (bidding%1:10:00::), summons (summons%1:10:01::) (a request to be present) "they came at his bidding"
• S: (n) bid (bid%1:10:01::), bidding (bidding%1:10:01::) ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)

Verb

• S: (v) offer (offer%2:40:01::), bid (bid%2:40:00::), tender (tender%2:40:02::) (propose a payment) "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
• S: (v) wish (wish%2:32:00::), bid (bid%2:32:01::) (invoke upon) "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
• S: (v) bid (bid%2:32:02::), beseech (beseech%2:32:00::), entreat (entreat%2:32:00::), adjure (adjure%2:32:01::), press (press%2:32:01::), conjure (conjure%2:32:03::) (ask for or request earnestly) "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) bid (bid%2:40:01::), call (call%2:40:05::) (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands) "He called his trump"
• S: (v) bid (bid%2:40:04::) (make a serious effort to attain something) "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
• S: (v) invite (invite%2:32:00::), bid (bid%2:32:00::) (ask someone in a friendly way to do something)