bidding 1 of 2

noun

Definition of biddingnext
as in charging

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bidding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bid
1
as in ordering
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden

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2
as in inviting
to request the presence or participation of as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bidding
  1. instruction
  2. instructing
  3. asking
  4. dictation
  5. telling
  6. direction
  7. prohibition
Noun
  • However, according to Michigan Modern, the architect didn’t send any instructions on how to build this fundamental element of the home, causing confusion.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Driving instructions directives Blue Words: Brake, park, signal, turn.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of instruction
Verb
  • Lamont Westmoreland said the scam appears to work by sending recipients a text message saying the ticket needs to be addressed to avoid a late fee and instructing them to click a link.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The report includes WhatsApp messages that appear to show Sara Netanyahu instructing a former aide to organize protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in her husband's corruption trial.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • But no one seemed all that interested in asking or talking about it Thursday, which makes this as good a time as any to revisit The Athletic’s midseason predictions for the Panthers.
    Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The key to staying relevant is to start asking questions and preparing for the future now.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • But much of what survives are school children’s copies of other works, an indication that children learned by dictation with the student copying what a teacher said or wrote.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This could be significant for those that routinely use voice dictation for text and email messages.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictation
Verb
  • Advertisement But telling officers not to lie during interrogations is not among them.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
Noun
  • The second storm is a stark new policy direction from the Trump-Vance Administration that threatens to disrupt Maryland’s economy, which is already deeply reliant on the federal government.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok has until January 19 to find an American buyer to continue operating in the country, under the direction of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of direction
Noun
  • For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibition
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