[bɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction
(e.g: a consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box)

- make an effort or attempt to achieve
(e.g: she's now bidding to become a top female model)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bēodan ‘to offer, command’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bieden and German bieten

[bɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an offer of a price, especially at an auction
(e.g: at the fur tables, several buyers make bids for the pelts)

- an attempt or effort to achieve something
(e.g: he made a bid for power in 1984)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bēodan ‘to offer, command’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bieden and German bieten

[bɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- utter (a greeting or farewell) to
(e.g: James bade a tearful farewell to his parents)

- command or order (someone) to do something
(e.g: I did as he bade me)


Phrases:
- bid fair to

Origin:
Old English biddan ‘ask’, of Germanic origin; related to German bitten