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bide
bide B0234300 (bīd)v. bid·ed or bode (bōd), bid·ed, bid·ing, bides v.intr.1. To remain in a condition or state.2. a. To wait; tarry.b. To stay: bide at home.c. To be left; remain.v.tr.past tense bided To await; wait for.Idiom: bide (one's) time To wait for further developments. [Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]bide (baɪd) vb, bides, biding, bided, bode or bided1. (intr) archaic or dialect to continue in a certain place or state; stay2. (intr) archaic or dialect to live; dwell3. (tr) archaic or dialect to tolerate; endure4. bide a wee Scot to stay a little5. bide by Scot to abide by6. bide one's time to wait patiently for an opportunity Often shortened to: byde (Scot)[Old English bīdan; related to Old Norse bītha to wait, Gothic beidan, Old High German bītan]bide (baɪd) v. bid•ed or bode, bid•ed, bid•ing. v.i. 1. to wait; remain. v.t. 2. Archaic. to endure; bear. Idioms: bide one's time, to wait for an opportunity. [before 900; Middle English; Old English bīdan] bid′er, n. bide Past participle: bided Gerund: biding
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I bide | you bide | he/she/it bides | we bide | you bide | they bide |
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I bided | you bided | he/she/it bided | we bided | you bided | they bided |
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I am biding | you are biding | he/she/it is biding | we are biding | you are biding | they are biding |
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I have bided | you have bided | he/she/it has bided | we have bided | you have bided | they have bided |
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I was biding | you were biding | he/she/it was biding | we were biding | you were biding | they were biding |
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I had bided | you had bided | he/she/it had bided | we had bided | you had bided | they had bided |
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I will bide | you will bide | he/she/it will bide | we will bide | you will bide | they will bide |
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I will have bided | you will have bided | he/she/it will have bided | we will have bided | you will have bided | they will have bided |
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I will be biding | you will be biding | he/she/it will be biding | we will be biding | you will be biding | they will be biding |
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I have been biding | you have been biding | he/she/it has been biding | we have been biding | you have been biding | they have been biding |
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I will have been biding | you will have been biding | he/she/it will have been biding | we will have been biding | you will have been biding | they will have been biding |
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I had been biding | you had been biding | he/she/it had been biding | we had been biding | you had been biding | they had been biding |
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I would bide | you would bide | he/she/it would bide | we would bide | you would bide | they would bide |
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I would have bided | you would have bided | he/she/it would have bided | we would have bided | you would have bided | they would have bided | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | bide - dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"abide, stayarchaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expressionvisit - stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"outstay, overstay - stay too long; "overstay or outstay one's welcome"stay on, remain, stay, continue - continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" |
bideverb1. To continue to be in a place:abide, linger, remain, stay, tarry, wait.Informal: stick around.Idiom: stay put.2. To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave:abide, linger, pause, stay, tarry, wait.Translationsbide (baid) : bide one's time to wait for a good opportunity. I'm just biding my time until he makes a mistake. 等待時機 等待时机bide
bide (one's) timeTo delay some action until an ideal moment or situation reveals itself. I'm just biding my time in an office job until a tenure-track position opens up at one of the local colleges.See also: bide, timebide one's timeto wait patiently. I've been biding my time for years, just waiting for a chance like this. He's not the type just to sit there and bide his time. He wants some action now.See also: bide, timebide one's timeWait for the opportune moment, as in The cat sat in front of the mousehole, biding its time. This phrase employs the verb to bide in the sense of "to wait for," a usage dating from about a.d. 950 and surviving mainly in this locution. See also: bide, timebide your time wait quietly for a good opportunity. Bide in the sense of await is now only found in this expression. It has been superseded by abide in most of its other senses. 1991 Gillian Slovo The Betrayal And so he bided his time, waiting, plotting, planning, looking for the signs that would be good for him. See also: bide, timebide your ˈtime wait for a suitable opportunity to do something: She’s just biding her time until the right job comes along.See also: bide, time bide (one's) time To wait for further developments.See also: bide, timebide one's time, toTo wait for the right moment to speak or take action. The verb to bide, meaning “to wait for” since about the year 950, survives today only in this cliché. Frederick W. Robertson used the expression in a sermon (1853): “They bide their time and suddenly represent themselves.”See also: bideEncyclopediaSeeBodeBIDE
BIDE An acronym for the four major demographic processes—birth, immigration, death, emigration—which act on a compartment in a typical population compartmental model.BIDE
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BIDE➣Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (Pakistan) | BIDE➣Boston Institute for Developing Economies (Chevy Chase, MD) | BIDE➣basic identity data element (US DoD) | BIDE➣Birth, Immigration, Death, and Emigration (demographic parameters) |
bide Related to bide: bidet, bide timeSynonyms for bideverb to continue to be in a placeSynonyms- abide
- linger
- remain
- stay
- tarry
- wait
- stick around
verb to stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leaveSynonyms- abide
- linger
- pause
- stay
- tarry
- wait
Synonyms for bideverb dwellSynonymsRelated Words- archaicism
- archaism
- visit
- outstay
- overstay
- stay on
- remain
- stay
- continue
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