bade

[bad] / bæd /

VERB

offer money or services

Synonyms

STRONGEST

propose submit tender

STRONG

present proffer render venture

Antonyms

STRONG

take

VERB

say

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wish

STRONG

call greet tell

Antonyms

STRONG

listen

VERB

ask for; command

Synonyms

STRONGEST

invite solicit

STRONG

call charge demand desire direct enjoin instruct order proposition request require summon tell warn

WEAK

make a pass at make a pitch make a play for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

reject

STRONG

answer listen not want reply

Example Sentences

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Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Family, fans and footballers from across the generations have bade a final farewell to Manchester United and Scotland legend Denis Law.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

With two blasts of its horn, MV Hebridean Isles bade farewell as it left the quay at Stornoway for a final time on Sunday, bound for Glasgow before it goes to the breakers.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

Hermione bade him good night and set off for the girls’ dormitory.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling