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Bidding

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Narrower term 12

Behest 76% connected

That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Commandment 76% connected

An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

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Commission 76% connected

The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Countermand 76% connected

To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

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Declaration 76% connected

The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; expositio…

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Injunction 76% connected

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Overbid 76% connected

To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.

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Preempt 76% connected

To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preemption.

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Broader term 2

Invitation 76% connected

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Derivationally related 6

Bid 74% connected

of Bid

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bid 74% connected

of Bid

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Command 74% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Invite 74% connected

To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Invite 74% connected

To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Bridge 70% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Synonym 4

Bid 92% connected

of Bid

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Command 92% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dictation 92% connected

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Summons 92% connected

The act of summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some duty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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