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  • 1bid — bid1 [bid] vt. BADE, bidden, bidding; for vt. 3, 6, 8 & for vi., the pt. & pp. are always bid, bade or bid, bid [ME bidden, to ask, plead, pray < OE biddan < IE base * bheidh , to urge, compel; meaning and form merged with ME beden, to… …

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  • 2bid — 1 noun (C) 1 an offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction 1 (+ for): They put in the highest bid for the house. 2 an offer to do work or provide services for a specific price (+ for): rival bids for the cleaning… …

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  • 3bid — bid1 verb (bids, bidding; past and past participle bid) 1》 offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.     ↘(bid for) (of a contractor) tender for (work). 2》 (often bid for) make an effort to obtain or achieve. 3》 Bridge make …

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  • 4fair — I. /fɛə / (say fair) adjective 1. free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 2. that is legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair game; a fair stroke; a fair fight. 3. moderately …

  • 5fair — fair1 fairness, n. /fair/, adj., fairer, fairest, adv., fairer, fairest, n., v. adj. 1. free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge. 2. legitimately sought, pursued, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair… …

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  • 6fair — I [[t]fɛər[/t]] adj. and adv. fair•er, fair•est. 1) free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice 2) legitimately sought, done, given, etc.; proper under the rules: a fair fight[/ex] 3) moderately large; ample: a fair income[/ex] 4) neither excellent… …

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  • 72014 FIFA World Cup — Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014 2014 FIFA World Cup logo Tournament details Host country …

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  • 82016 Summer Olympics — Rio 2016 redirects here. For the 2016 Paralympics Games, see 2016 Summer Paralympics. Games of the XXXI Olympiad Official logo Host city Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Motto …

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  • 9tendency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disposition to act in a particular way Nouns tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, predilection, bent, turn, tone, tenor, bias, set, leaning, penchant, [pre]disposition, inclination,… …

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  • 10promise — prom·ise n: a declaration or manifestation esp. in a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is made a right to expect its fulfillment aleatory promise: a promise (as to compensate …

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