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bidding (root: bid)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bidding has 3 senses
- bidding(n = noun.communication) bid, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something; Array is a kind of speech act
- bidding(n = noun.communication) summons - a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" is a kind of invitation
- bidding(n = noun.communication) bid - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make; Array is a part of bridge
has particulars: countermand, order, charge, commission, direction, commandment, injunction, behest, open sesame
Derived form verb bid3
Derived form verb bid6
is a kind of statement
has particulars: contract, declaration, takeout, overbid, overcall, pre-empt, preempt, preemptive bid
Derived form verb bid4
CIDE DICTIONARY
bidding, n.
- Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bidding, n.
1 the offers at an auction.
2 Cards the act of making a bid or bids.
3 a command, request, or invitation.
1 the offers at an auction.
2 Cards the act of making a bid or bids.
3 a command, request, or invitation.
Idiom
bidding-prayer one inviting the congregation to join in.
THESAURUS
bidding
beck, beck and call, behest, bid, biddance, call, calling, calling forth, charge, command, commandment, convocation, demand, dictate, dictation, direct order, direction, engraved invitation, evocation, hest, imperative, indent, injunction, instruction, invitation, invite, invocation, mandate, nod, order, pleasure, preconization, requisition, say-so, special order, summoning, summons, will, word, word of commandROGET THESAURUS
bidding
Command
N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.
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