Synonym: ask, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, order. Similar words: forbid. Meaning: [bɪd] 
n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something 2. an attempt to get something 3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. v. 1. propose a payment 2. invoke upon 3. ask for or request earnestly 4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 5. make a serious effort to attain something 6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something 2. an attempt to get something 3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. v. 1. propose a payment 2. invoke upon 3. ask for or request earnestly 4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 5. make a serious effort to attain something 6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something. 
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31 I made him a bid for the antique table.
32 She was sorry to bid farewell to Portugal.
33 She bid ￡100 for a Victorian chair.
34 She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table.
35 The fraternity may bid four new men.
36 I made a bid of $150 for the painting.
37 They made a takeover bid for the company.
38 They found themselves outflanked by the rival takeover bid.
39 The bank announced its intention to bid.
40 He failed in his bid to reach the summit.
41 Our bid was the lowest tender.
42 How much do you bid?
43 The blizzard forced them to delay their summit bid.
44 What am I bid for this vase?
45 We have successfully bid for the contract.
46 He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide bid.
47 The painting was bid in at the sale.
48 They lost the bid for leaking out the plot.
49 This play was her last bid for recognition.
50 Kingfisher launched a hostile bid for Dixons.
51 A takeover bid for the airline was launched today.
52 He bid her adieu .
53 He made a cash bid for the company.
54 I bid 1000 dollars for that picture.
55 On page 12,(http://sentencedict.com/bid.html) our City editor comments on the takeover bid.
56 We've made a bid of nearly ￡400m for the company.
57 Benson signaled the auctioneer quietly and kicked the bid up another thousand dollars.
58 The buyer missed the boat and never got the house when he offered too low a bid.
59 He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.
60 A foreign collector has bid £500 000 for the portrait.
More similar words: forbid.