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bidding

verb , present participle of bid

Synonyms and Antonyms of bidding

1 to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden

Synonyms of bidding

adjuring, bossing (around), charging, commanding, directing, enjoining, instructing, ordering, telling

Words Related to bidding

asking, petitioning, requesting

begging, beseeching, entreating

advising, counseling (or counselling), warning

appointing, assigning, authorizing, commissioning

overseeing, superintending, supervising

conducting, controlling, leading, managing

coercing, compelling, constraining, forcing, obliging, requiring

Near Antonyms of bidding

complying (with), following, keeping, observing

Antonyms of bidding

minding, obeying

2 to request the presence or participation of

as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!

Synonyms of bidding

asking, inviting

Words Related to bidding

beckoning, calling, summoning

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