Bidding Definition

bĭdĭng
noun
A demand that something be done; a command.
American Heritage
A command or request.
Webster's New World
A request to appear; a summons.
American Heritage
An invitation or summons.
Webster's New World
Bids considered as a group, as at an auction or in card games.
The bidding was higher than expected.
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verb

Present participle of bid.

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Other Word Forms of Bidding

Noun

Singular:
bidding
Plural:
biddings

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bidding

  • do the bidding of

Bidding Sentence Examples

  • A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

  • He gave and lent enormous sums to successive popes, and at the bidding of Clement XI.

  • The imperious terms in which he was summoned to come down were punished by fire from heaven,which descended at the bidding of Elijah and consumed the whole land.

  • After saying how Map translated the romance from the Latin at the bidding of King Henry, the usual statement, the scribe adds "qui riche loier l'en donor."

  • After bidding their family farewell they were carried to the sepulchral cave, nothing but a bowl of milk being left them.

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Words Starting With

BBIBID

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With B and Ending With G

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With G