Definition of Bidding

1. Noun. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.

Exact synonyms: Bid, Command, Dictation
Generic synonyms: Speech Act
Specialized synonyms: Countermand, Order, Charge, Commission, Direction, Commandment, Injunction, Behest, Open Sesame
Derivative terms: Bid, Bid, Command, Dictate, Dictate

2. Noun. A request to be present. "They came at his bidding"
Exact synonyms: Summons
Generic synonyms: Invitation
Derivative terms: Bid

3. Noun. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
Exact synonyms: Bid
Group relationships: Bridge
Category relationships: Bridge
Generic synonyms: Statement
Specialized synonyms: Contract, Declaration, Takeout, Overbid, Overcall, Pre-empt, Preempt, Preemptive Bid
Derivative terms: Bid, Bid

Definition of Bidding

1. n. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.

Definition of Bidding

1. Verb. (present participle of bid) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bidding

1. a command [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidding

bidarkas
bidarkee
bidarkees
biddabilities
biddability
biddable
biddably
bidded
bidden
bidder
bidders
biddest
biddeth
biddi-biddi
biddies
bidding (current term)
bidding contest
bidding price
bidding prices
biddings
biddy
bide
bide one's time
bideauxite
bided
bidegree
bident
bidental
bidentals
bidentate

Literary usage of Bidding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The evident purpose was to stimulate bidding, not to give one creditor an unconscionable preference over another, nor to secure any special advantage to the ..."

2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1865)
"FIRST, whosoever shall preach in the presence of the king's fol.286. highness, and the queen's grace, shall in the bidding of the beads, pray for the whole ..."

3. The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries by Edward J. Wood (1869)
"He usually carried a long stick, with ribbons flying, and standing in the middle of the guest's room he repeated the words of bidding, generally in rhyme, ..."

4. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"This was literally bidding " good night " to my native land. CHAPTER II. THE first day we passed at sea was the Sabbath. As we were just from port, ..."

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