Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bid
plural biddings
- That which one is bidden to do; a command.
I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding.
1 more example
Do their biddings, and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."
1868, Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury, page 172Synonyms: behest
- The act of placing a bid.
Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.
1912, Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, English Farming, Past and Present, page 322
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat which one is bidden to do; a command.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan authoritative direction or instruction to do something
noun(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Latin licitātiō
- licitātiōact of placing a bid
Spanish licitación, puja
- licitaciónact of placing a bid
- pujaact of placing a bid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bidding
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bidding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bidding
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