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

These words were just over six weeks ago, as the United head coach bade farewell to journalists following the club's end-of-season tour to Asia.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 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

Finally, two irreplaceable artistic leaders bade farewell to their longtime posts at companies they co-founded: Sachs at the Fountain Theatre and John Perrin Flynn at Rogue Machine Theatre.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Upon the northern beach, we encountered Captain Mackay, who received each detachment of our Company, and bade us unload our cart into one of the boats.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson