Bidding - English meaning

verb

Move forwards in a purposeful way.

Usage examples:

He advanced towards the dispatch box

noun

A forward movement.

Usage examples:

The rebels' advance on madrid was well under way

adjective

Done, sent, or supplied beforehand.

Usage examples:

Advance notice

noun

A public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

Usage examples:

The books are expected to fetch a six-figure sum at tomorrow's auction

verb

Sell or offer for sale at an auction.

Usage examples:

The painting was auctioned at christie's

noun

A usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each item, until there are no higher bids and it is sold for the most money offered

Usage examples:

[ c ] an auction of early american furniture, [ u ] bulls sold at auction, the artwork is being auc…

noun

A person's orders or command.

Usage examples:

They had assembled at his behest

noun

A request

Usage examples:

Congress adopted the budget resolution at the behest of the president.

verb

Give (a baby or animal) a specified name.

Usage examples:

They called their daughter hannah

noun

A cry made as a summons or to attract someone's attention.

Usage examples:

A nearby fisherman heard their calls for help

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

noun

An official order that has the force of law.

Usage examples:

The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly

verb

Order (something) by decree.

Usage examples:

The president decreed that the military was to be streamlined

noun

An order or statement of an official decision

Usage examples:

He refused to carry out the board’s decree., [ + that clause ] the olympic charter decrees that the…

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

noun

A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Usage examples:

He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb

Strongly wish for or want (something).

Usage examples:

He never achieved the status he so desired

noun

A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want

Usage examples:

[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

verb

State or order authoritatively.

Usage examples:

The tsar's attempts to dictate policy

noun

An order or principle that must be obeyed.

Usage examples:

The dictates of fashion

verb

A guiding principle

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

noun

A course along which someone or something moves.

Usage examples:

She set off in the opposite direction

noun

The position toward which someone or something moves or faces

Usage examples:

Cars were facing every direction after slamming into each other on the icy road., i glanced in her …

verb

Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The code enjoined members to trade fairly

verb

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

verb

To legally forbid or stop something by order of a court

Usage examples:

The prosecutor’s office hopes the court will enjoin the city from enforcing the law., lawyers are e…

noun

Archaic form of behest.

noun

An authoritative warning or order.

Usage examples:

Commands and injunctions, as i suggested, punctuate the text from the outset.

noun

An official order given by a court, usually to stop someone from doing something

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the court has issued an injunction to prevent distribution of the book.

noun

An official order to do or not do something, which is given by a court of law

Usage examples:

Ask for/seek/request an injunction the board is seeking an injunction against the hostile takeover.…

verb

Tell or order someone to do something, especially in a formal or official way.

Usage examples:

She instructed him to wait

verb

To teach someone how to do something

Usage examples:

I need someone to instruct me on how to use the computer., [ + to infinitive ] the police have been…

verb

To order or tell someone to do something, especially in a formal way

Usage examples:

Instruct sb to do sth they were instructed to remove the vehicles from the site immediately as they…

noun

A direction or order.

Usage examples:

He issued instructions to the sheriff

noun

The act of teaching someone how to do something

Usage examples:

The course gives you basic instruction in car maintenance and repairs., [ + to infinitive ] the gen…

noun

Written advice and information about how to do or use something

Usage examples:

Please read the instructions carefully., follow the instructions given below to activate your card.…

noun

A written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something.

Usage examples:

A wedding invitation

noun

A written or spoken request to come somewhere or do something, or the act of inviting someone

Usage examples:

We received their wedding invitation today., he accepted the invitation to join the committee., lea…

noun

If someone receives an invitation, they are asked to go somewhere or do something

Usage examples:

An invitation to sth i received an invitation to dinner at a colleague's house., an invitation to d…

noun

An official order or commission to do something.

Usage examples:

A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners

verb

Give (someone) authority to act in a certain way.

Usage examples:

The rightful king was mandated and sanctioned by god

noun

Authority to act in a particular way given to a government or a person, esp. as a result of a vote or ruling

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the president secured a congressional mandate to send troops to bosnia., the la…

verb

Present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired.

Usage examples:

May i offer you a drink?

noun

An expression of readiness to do or give something if desired.

Usage examples:

Sympathetic offers of help

verb

Present for acceptance or rejection

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

verb

Hold out or put forward (something) to someone for acceptance.

Usage examples:

She proffered a glass of wine

noun

An offer or proposal.

Usage examples:

And then, as i found out only the same day, on march 23 of 1983, he, in a five-minute segment at th…

verb

Put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others.

Usage examples:

He proposed a new nine-point peace plan

verb

To suggest or state (a possible plan or action) for consideration

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] she proposed to keep the schools open all summer., [ + that clause ] it has oft…

verb

To give someone a plan or idea to consider

Usage examples:

She proposed a tax reform designed to make basic insurance more affordable., propose to do sth he i…

noun

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Usage examples:

A request for information

verb

Politely or formally ask for.

Usage examples:

He received the information he had requested

noun

An act of asking for something, or the thing asked for

Usage examples:

[ c ] the library gets a lot of requests for books about new babies., [ u ] an application will be …

verb

Need for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Three patients required operations

verb

Accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.

Usage examples:

The original settlers were forced to submit to bulgarian rule

verb

Yield to the control of another

noun

An order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order.

Usage examples:

A summons for non-payment of a parking ticket

verb

Serve (someone) with a summons.

Usage examples:

He has been summonsed to appear in court next month

verb

Order (someone) to be present.

Usage examples:

A waiter was summoned

verb

Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

Usage examples:

I told her you were coming

noun

(especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

Usage examples:

But i think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those.

noun

(in the middle east) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.

Usage examples:

He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city.

adjective

Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection.

Usage examples:

He was being so kind and tender

verb

Offer or present (something) formally.

Usage examples:

He tendered his resignation as leader

noun

An offer to carry out work, supply goods, or buy land, shares, or another asset at a stated fixed price.

Usage examples:

We invited tenders for up to three more frigates

noun

The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.

Usage examples:

She has an iron will

verb

Make or try to make (someone) do something or (something) happen by the exercise of mental powers.

Usage examples:

Reluctantly he willed himself to turn and go back

The capability of conscious choice and decision

verb

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.

Usage examples:

We wished for peace

noun

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement