BIDDEN Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

bidden

verb

variants or bid also bade

past participle of bid

as in instructed

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden

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as in invited

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 bidden To bid farewell to those two fees, however, customers will have to sign up for the free customer-rewards program Verizon also announced. —

Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026 Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, told commissioners there are three corporations looking to bid on the same property, and the county does not want to be seen as competing with them instead of luring them to South Florida. —

Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026 The team is already considering in-arena activations, such as the ability to bid on a night’s game-used ball up until the final buzzer. —

Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026 Tottenham defender Luka Vuskovic, 19, is the subject of a £30m bid from Brighton & Hove Albion. —

Leon Imber, New York Times, 13 June 2026 The result of this will, surely, be creative self-censorship and a reluctance among the country’s best architects to bid for public work. —

Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 Furthermore, Mourinho has bid farewell to Benfica while the Lisbon giants have done likewise with their country’s most successful manager. —

Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 For the first time ever, StayMarquis offered Bravo fans the chance to bid on renting the Summer House house for private watch parties of the explosive season 10 finale and three-part reunion. —

Michele Corriston, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Paramount could test its defense of the merger as early as next month when consumers’ bid for a preliminary injunction is considered. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026

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Civilians in the area have not been instructed to evacuate but have faced checkpoints and tension, with occasional clashes between Israeli soldiers and villagers.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Hours earlier, the shelter-in-place order had instructed residents to immediately go indoors, close all windows and doors, and turn off air conditioning and heating systems until further notice because of hazardous materials concerns and heavy smoke.

— Sydney Barragan, Daily News, 18 June 2026