bide – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bide

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bide one's time
Participle: bided one's time
Gerund: biding one's time

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of bide

Indicative

Present

Ibide one's time
youbide one's time
he;she;itbides one's time
webide one's time
youbide one's time
theybide one's time

Perfect

Ihave bided one's time
youhave bided one's time
he;she;ithas bided one's time
wehave bided one's time
youhave bided one's time
theyhave bided one's time

Past

Ibided one's time
youbided one's time
he;she;itbided one's time
webided one's time
youbided one's time
theybided one's time

Pluperfect

Ihad bided one's time
youhad bided one's time
he;she;ithad bided one's time
wehad bided one's time
youhad bided one's time
theyhad bided one's time

Future

Iwill bide one's time
youwill bide one's time
he;she;itwill bide one's time
wewill bide one's time
youwill bide one's time
theywill bide one's time

Future Perfect

Iwill have bided one's time
youwill have bided one's time
he;she;itwill have bided one's time
wewill have bided one's time
youwill have bided one's time
theywill have bided one's time

Subjunctive

Present

Ibide one's time
youbide one's time
he;she;itbide one's time
webide one's time
youbide one's time
theybide one's time

Perfect

Ihave bided one's time
youhave bided one's time
he;she;ithave bided one's time
wehave bided one's time
youhave bided one's time
theyhave bided one's time

Imperfect

Ibided one's time
youbided one's time
he;she;itbided one's time
webided one's time
youbided one's time
theybided one's time

Pluperfect

Ihad bided one's time
youhad bided one's time
he;she;ithad bided one's time
wehad bided one's time
youhad bided one's time
theyhad bided one's time

Conditional

Present

Iwould bide one's time
youwould bide one's time
he;she;itwould bide one's time
wewould bide one's time
youwould bide one's time
theywould bide one's time

Perfect

Iwould have bided one's time
youwould have bided one's time
he;she;itwould have bided one's time
wewould have bided one's time
youwould have bided one's time
theywould have bided one's time

Imperative

youbide one's time
weLet's bide one's time
youbide one's time

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam biding one's time
youare biding one's time
he;she;itis biding one's time
weare biding one's time
youare biding one's time
theyare biding one's time

Perfect

Ihave been biding one's time
youhave been biding one's time
he;she;ithas been biding one's time
wehave been biding one's time
youhave been biding one's time
theyhave been biding one's time

Past

Iwas biding one's time
youwere biding one's time
he;she;itwas biding one's time
wewere biding one's time
youwere biding one's time
theywere biding one's time

Pluperfect

Ihad been biding one's time
youhad been biding one's time
he;she;ithad been biding one's time
wehad been biding one's time
youhad been biding one's time
theyhad been biding one's time

Future

Iwill be biding one's time
youwill be biding one's time
he;she;itwill be biding one's time
wewill be biding one's time
youwill be biding one's time
theywill be biding one's time

Future Perfect

Iwill have been biding one's time
youwill have been biding one's time
he;she;itwill have been biding one's time
wewill have been biding one's time
youwill have been biding one's time
theywill have been biding one's time

Conditional

Present

Iwould be biding one's time
youwould be biding one's time
he;she;itwould be biding one's time
wewould be biding one's time
youwould be biding one's time
theywould be biding one's time

Perfect

Iwould have been biding one's time
youwould have been biding one's time
he;she;itwould have been biding one's time
wewould have been biding one's time
youwould have been biding one's time
theywould have been biding one's time

Other

Verbs similar to 'bide'

abide, bede, bid, bike, bile, bite, bive, bode, bride, hide,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to bear
tolerate
to dwell or reside in a location
reside
to wait
wait
to wait for
wait for
to delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness
abide, defer, expect, hang on, hold on, hold one's breath, hold one's horses, hold one's water, hold out, stand by, stay, wait
to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, bear, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
remain
linger, wait, pause, tarry, stay, sojourn, delay

Antonyms

remain
leave, depart, go, move

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate of O.N. biða, O.Fris. bidia, Goth. beidan "to wait"), apparently from an extended stem of the root of O.E. biddan (see bid), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust." Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time.
2. From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots bide (“to dwell, to live; to stay”), Alemannic German beite (“to wait”), Cimbrian paiten (“to wait”), Dutch beiden (“to wait”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bie (“to stay, to wait”), Faroese and Icelandic bíða (“to wait”), Norwegian Nynorsk bide, bie (“to wait”), Swedish bida (“to await, to bide”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan, “to wait”). See: Middle English 'biden', Proto-Germanic '*bīdaną', Proto-Indo-European '*bʰéydʰeti', Alemannic German 'beite', Dutch 'beiden', Norwegian, nynorsk 'bide', Swedish 'bida'.

Verbs referencing "bide"

Danish bie, Greek, Ancient πείθω, Middle Dutch biden, Alemannic German beite.

Sample Sentences

  • And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest to bide the brunt [c. 1570, anonymous author, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes:]
  • Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? / Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, / Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:]
  • All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. [1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
  • But Sir Thomas Kennedy bode little about his house in Maybole, chiefly because his lads and lasses loved most to remain at Culzean, where the cliffs are and the sea spreads wide, clattering pleasantly on the rocks, and with the birds blithely swirling and diving about it all the year round. [1896, S[amuel] R[utherford] Crockett, “The Adventure of the Garden”, in The Grey Man, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, page 101:]
  • John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late. [1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 254:]
  • And thither wending there that night they bode. [1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 168:]
  • "Bide here," he says, "and birl the wine till I return. This is a ploy of my own on which no man follows me." [1902 January, John Buchan, “The Outgoing of the Tide”, in The Watcher by the Threshold, and Other Tales, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1902, →OCLC, page 252:]
  • It’s you, it’s you must go and I must bide. [1913, Fred E. Weatherly, Danny Boy:]