"bid adieu" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bids adieu [present, singular, third-person], bidding adieu [participle, present], bade adieu [past], bidden adieu [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bid<,,bade,bidden> adieu}} bid adieu (third-person singular simple present bids adieu, present participle bidding adieu, simple past bade adieu, past participle bidden adieu)
  1. (transitive) To say goodbye to, to bid farewell. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bid_adieu-en-verb-eb5iksDU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bid adieu meaning in English (1.1kB)

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