I. ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING
(~s, ~ding)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
1.
A ~ for something or a ~ to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. (JOURNALISM)
...Sydney’s successful ~ for the 2000 Olympic Games...
The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a ~ to silence its critics.
= attempt
N-COUNT: N for n, N to-inf
2.
A ~ is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold.
Hanson made an agreed takeover ~ of ?351 million.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ for something or ~ to do something, you try to obtain it or do it.
Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be ~ding for a management contract to run both airports...
I don’t think she is ~ding to be Prime Minister again.
VERB: V for n, V to-inf
4.
If you ~ for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it.
She decided to ~ for a Georgian dressing table...
The bank announced its intention to ~...
He certainly wasn’t going to ~ $18 billion for this company.
VERB: V for n, V, V n
~ding
The ~ding starts at ?2 million.
N-UNCOUNT
II. SAYING SOMETHING
(~s, ~ding, bade, ~den)
Note: American English sometimes uses the form '~' for the past tense.
If you ~ someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you ~ them goodnight, you say goodnight to them. (FORMAL)
She bade farewell to her son...
I bade her goodnight.
= wish
VERB: V n to n, V n n
see also ~ding