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3 VERB If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it. □ [V + for ] The German private equity group reiterated its interest in bidding for the company. □ [V to-inf] I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.

4 VERB If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it. □ [V + for ] She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table. □ [V ] The bank announced its intention to bid. □ [V n] He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company. ●  bid|ding N‑UNCOUNT □  The bidding starts at £2 million.

➋ bid /b I d/ (bids , bidding , bade , bidden ) American English sometimes uses the form bid for the past tense. 1 VERB If you bid someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you bid them goodnight, you say goodnight to them. [FORMAL ] □ [V n + to ] She bade farewell to her son. □ [V n n] I bade her goodnight.

2 → see also bidding SYNONYMS bid NOUN ➊1

attempt:…a deliberate attempt to destabilize the defence.

try:After a few tries, Patrick had given up any attempt to reform his brother.

effort:He made no effort to hide his disappointment.

bid|den /b I d ^ə n/ Bidden is a past participle of bid .

bid|der /b I də ^r / (bidders )

1 N‑COUNT A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder , you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it. □  The sale will be made to the highest bidder subject to a reserve price being attained.

2 N‑COUNT A bidder for something is someone who is trying to obtain it or do it. □ [+ for ] French accountancy firms will become eager bidders for a share of the British market.

bid|ding /b I d I ŋ/

1 PHRASE If you do something at someone's bidding , you do it because they have asked you to do it. [FORMAL ] □  At his bidding, the delegates rose and sang the national anthem.

2 PHRASE If you say that someone does another person's bidding , you disapprove of the fact that they do exactly what the other person asks them to do, even when they do not want to. [FORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  She is very clever at getting men to do her bidding!

3 → see also bid ➋

bid|dy /b I di/ (biddies ) N‑COUNT If someone describes an old woman as an old biddy , they are saying in an unkind way that they think she is silly or unpleasant. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  We're not just a lot of old biddies going on about jam.

bide /ba I d/ (bides , biding , bided ) PHRASE If you bide your time , you wait for a good opportunity before doing something. □  He was content to bide his time patiently, waiting for the opportunity to approach her.

bi|det /biː de I , [AM ] biːde I / (bidets ) N‑COUNT A bidet is a low fixed container in a bathroom which you can use to wash your bottom.

bi d price (bid prices ) N‑COUNT The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it. [BUSINESS ] □  Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.

bi|en|nial /ba I e niəl/ (biennials ) ADJ [ADJ n] A biennial event happens or is done once every two years. □  …the biennial Commonwealth conference.

biff /b I f/ (biffs , biffing , biffed ) VERB If you biff someone, you hit them with your fist. [INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED ]

bi|fo|cals /ba I foʊ k ^ə lz/ The form bifocal is used as a modifier. N‑PLURAL Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close. □  Mrs Bierce wears thick bifocal lenses.