Word a Day
bid
What does bid mean?
bid (verb): to make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use bid in a sentence?
- Have you ever bid in an auction? (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce bid?
/bɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bid come from?
From Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bid” mean?
to make an offer to pay or accept a certain price
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