Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bidding

/ˈbɪdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: bid-ding
IPA: /ˈbɪdɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of bid

noun

That which one is bidden to do; a command.

noun

The act of placing a bid.

Example Sentences

"I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding."
"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.""
"Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɪdɪŋ/
British English: /ˈbɪdɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

biddings (plural)

Derived Forms

misbidding nonbidding unbidding

Phrases

bidding box bidding price do someone's bidding e-bidding

Synonyms

behest bid command dictation summons

Rhymes With

kidding forbidding ridding skidding gridding squidding

Questions

How do you pronounce bidding?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪdɪŋ/.
What does bidding mean?: present participle and gerund of bid

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