Past tense of bid

Forms of bid

Past tense of bid by meaning

1. to issue a command; to tell.: bid or bade
2. to make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.: bid

Bade and bidden in a sentence

• He bade me come in.
• She was bidden to the wedding.
• And after dinner, with a kindly wink, she bade them accompany the Reverend, who briskly walked hallward.1957 March 7, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 4.7, in Pnin, Heinemann, page 102. From the entry -ward
• Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC. From the entry bade
• Go ahead," the quarter-deck bade him, seeing him aflush with information.1907, Stewart Edward White, Samuel Hopkins Adams, The Mystery. From the entry aflush

Meaning of bid

1. verb To issue a command; to tell.
2. verb To invite; to summon.
3. verb To utter a greeting or salutation.

Full definition of bid

Verbs like bid

• put (put)
• let (let)
• set (set)
• read (read)
• hit (hit)
• cost (cost)
• cut (cut)
• hurt (hurt)
• spread (spread)
• cast (cast)
• shut (shut)
• split (split)

More about bid

• Meaning of bid
• Bid in a sentence
• Plural of bid
• Bid in Hindi
• Bid in Bengali
• Bid in Kannada
• Bid in Punjabi

Questions about the past tense of bid

What is the past tense of bid?

The past tense of bid is bid or bade.

What is the past participle of bid?

The past participle of bid is bid, bade or bidden.

Is bid a regular or irregular verb?

Bid is an irregular verb: its past tense keeps the same form as the base form.