bid

«bid» in Mova's school dictionary: to say goodbye — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (bid, bids, bidding; bid); noun (a bid)

meaning for a pupil

1) To bid farewell is to say goodbye. tree →

2) (old use) To bid someone is to order or ask them to do something: «I bid you come in.» tree →

3) At an auction, to bid is to offer a price, and a bid is that offer. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a hero bids farewell to his family before a journey; «bid» can mean command or ask; in sales it means offer a price

examples

• She bid farewell to her friends at the gate. tree →
• «Come now,» the king bid him. tree →
• At the auction, Ann made the highest bid for the painting. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me.
• Behold, I am bidden to bless; and when He hath blessed, I cannot call it back.
• 'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.