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
  • Add the pasta, reduce heat to medium, and cook to al dente according to package instructions, stirring occasionally.
    Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Ryan shrugs like, whatever, and gives an instruction to one of his workers.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of instruction
Verb
  • After a local court ratified the city council’s ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave and rounding up more than 100 of them.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Intelligent interrogation involves instructing large language models to perform in ways that generate better outcomes—by, say, breaking processes down into steps or visualizing multiple potential paths to a solution.
    H. James Wilson Paul R. Daugherty, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • Rather than asking the reader to identify the important information, the candidate decides which points are most relevant and highlights that data.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Bonnyrigg Rose is asking fans to pitch in £100,000 ($127,000) to level its sloping pitch out.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • Some of our physicians are leveraging AI for support with documentation, radiology dictation, breast cancer analysis in radiology and pathology, diabetic retinopathy screening, flagging urgent messages from patients and finally, identifying patients who are likely to become seriously ill.
    Ainsley MacLean, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Other technology companies are addressing real-time workflow challenges, such as with ambient dictation tools.
    Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D., Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of dictation
Verb
  • Known for their viral phone accessories (in particular the Puffer & Social Media Seriously Harms Your Mental Health cases), Urban Sophistication built a cult following by reinterpreting the everyday objects, telling a story behind every design.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This, as a filmmaker telling this particular story, is infinitely more interesting.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of telling
Noun
  • Does will come from several directions, converge in the corner, and make their way back into the timber.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • By pairing two drivers to vibrate in opposite directions, the technology allows for bigger sound with fewer distortions.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of direction
Noun
  • That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There is no prohibition in statute of law that would keep a county from keeping their registrar's office open on the weekend to collect absentee ballots.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of prohibition
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