bidding

Main Entry:
bidding [bid-ing]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command
Synonyms: behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word
Antonyms: answer
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer money or services
Synonyms: present, proffer, propose, render, submit, tender, venture
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: say
Synonyms: call, greet, tell, wish
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask for; command
Synonyms: call, charge, demand, desire, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, make a pass at, make a pitch, make a play for, order, proposition, request, require, solicit, summon, tell, warn
Main Entry: behest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order; personal decree
Synonyms: bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prompting, request, solicitation, wish, word
Notes: behest is a stronger term than request
Main Entry: call
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: demand, announcement
Synonyms: appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, solicitation, subpoena, summons, supplication, visit
Main Entry: charge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command
Synonyms: behest, bidding, dictate, direction, exhortation, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, word
Main Entry: citation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: award
Synonyms: bidding, charge, commendation, encomium, mention, panegyric, reward, salutation, summons, tribute
Antonyms: demerit
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: directive, instruction
Synonyms: act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ
Notes: an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels
Antonyms: contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation
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