bid
/bɪd/noun
उच्चारण बिड
बोली; प्रयास
Core word
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[C]
an offer by a person or a business company to pay a particular amount of money for something; an effort to do something or obtain something
बोली; प्रयास
- a bid to host the Olympics
- The city has put in a bid to host the national games.
- The company made a successful bid for the old mill.
+ 2 more examples
- Her bid to break the national record ended in disappointment.
- He placed a bid of five lakh rupees at the auction.
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[I, T]
to offer to pay a particular price for something; to say hello or goodbye
बोली लगाना; कहना
- bid farewell
- Three builders bid for the contract to repair the bridge.
- Collectors bid against each other for the rare stamp.
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- She bid him good night and closed the door.
- The firm bid for the contract to build the new school.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
bid (for sth) (noun) / make a bid for sth
As a noun, a bid is an offer of money at an auction or for a contract; use for to name the thing.
Noun के रूप में 'bid' नीलामी या ठेके के लिए रखा गया प्रस्ताव है; वस्तु का नाम बताने के लिए 'for' आता है।
- The company made a bid for the old mill.
- Her bid of five lakh rupees won the painting.
bid + (sb) + amount + (for sth)
As a verb, bid is irregular: bid, bid, bid in all three forms when it means offer a price.
Verb के रूप में 'bid' irregular है; कीमत लगाने के अर्थ में इसके तीनों रूप bid, bid, bid होते हैं।
- He bid ten thousand rupees for the vase.
- Three buyers had bid for the plot.
bid to-infinitive (noun) / in a bid to do sth
In news English, in a bid to means in an attempt to; it is followed by a to-infinitive.
समाचार की भाषा में 'in a bid to' का अर्थ 'किसी प्रयास में' है; इसके बाद to-infinitive आता है।
- The minister travelled to the flood area in a bid to calm people.
- India's bid to host the Olympics was announced.
bid sb farewell / bid sb good morning (bade, bidden)
In the formal sense of say, bid has the past tense bade or bid and the past participle bidden or bid.
'कहना' के औपचारिक अर्थ में 'bid' का past tense bade या bid और past participle bidden या bid होता है।
- She bade her family farewell at the station.
- He bid them good night.
bid for a job / bid for a contract
A company bids for a contract or tender; people also bid for the right to host events.
कंपनी ठेके या tender के लिए 'bid' करती है; लोग आयोजन की मेज़बानी के अधिकार के लिए भी बोली लगाते हैं।
- Three firms bid for the road contract.
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adjective + bid
highwinningsuccessfulfailedlast-minute
- A last-minute bid saved the old theatre.
verb + bid
makeplacewinlaunchwithdraw
- The firm withdrew its bid after the price rose.
bid + for / on
bid for the contractbid on a paintingbid against a rivalbid for the title
- Two collectors bid against each other for the antique.
in a bid to
in a bid to savein a bid to winin a bid to reducein a bid to stop
- The school closed early in a bid to avoid the heat.
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- India has bid to host the next Asian Games.
भारत ने अगले Asian Games की मेज़बानी के लिए बोली लगाई है।
- The antique was sold to the highest bidder for two lakh rupees.
प्राचीन वस्तु सबसे ऊँची बोली लगाने वाले को दो लाख रुपये में बेची गई।
- The team made a bid for victory in the last over.
टीम ने अंतिम ओवर में जीत का प्रयास किया।
- Radhika bade her teachers goodbye on the last day of school.
राधिका ने स्कूल के अंतिम दिन अपने शिक्षकों को विदा कहा।
- The company lost the bid to build the metro line.
कंपनी मेट्रो लाइन बनाने की बोली हार गई।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He bidded fifty thousand rupees for the car.
✓ He bid fifty thousand rupees for the car.
In the sense of offering a price, bid has the same form in the past tense.
कीमत लगाने के अर्थ में 'bid' का past tense भी 'bid' ही रहता है।
✗ The team made a bid of winning the cup.
✓ The team made a bid to win the cup.
A bid for an aim is followed by to + verb, not of + -ing.
प्रयास का उद्देश्य बताने के लिए 'bid' के बाद to + verb आता है, of + -ing नहीं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Bid farewell (say goodbye), in a bid to (in an attempt to: 'in a bid to reduce pollution').
Collocations: bid farewell (विदा कहना), in a bid to (के प्रयास में: 'in a bid to reduce pollution')।