Synonyms: aim, attempt, endeavour, exert, strain, strive, try
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /bɪd/ |
| Hyphenation | bid |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑦𐑛 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) bid | (I) bade, bid |
| (thou) biddest | (thou) badest, bidst, biddest |
| (he) bids, biddeth | (he) bade, bid |
| (we) bid | (we) bade |
| (you) bid | (you) bade |
| (they) bid | (they) bade |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) bid | (I) bade |
| (thou) bid | (thou) bade, bid |
| (he) bid | (he) bade |
| (we) bid | (we) bade |
| (you) bid | (you) bade |
| (they) bid | (they) bade |
| Imperative mood | |
| bid | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| bidding | bidden, bid |
| Catalan | esforçar‐se |
|---|---|
| Dutch | pogen; streven; trachten; zich inspannen; proberen |
| Esperanto | peni |
| Faeroese | kýta seg; sjabba; strevast |
| Finnish | koettaa |
| French | peiner |
| German | sich abmühen; sich anstrengen; sich bemühen; sich Mühe geben |
| Low German | streaven |
| Norwegian | forsøke |
| Portuguese | dar‐se ao trabalho de; empenhar‐se em; esforçar‐se |
| Romanian | încerca; se strădui |
| Saterland Frisian | sik skloawje; sik stängelje |
| Spanish | afanarse; esforzarse |