melden — meaning in English

English meaning

• BID verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
• report verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.

Senses

melden is used for these senses in English:

• bid (ambitransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
• get back to (transitive) To return contact with (someone); to return to someone in response to a request
• report (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]
• report (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).

BID — full definition

1. verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
2. noun An offer of a price, or a formal offer to carry out a piece of work.
3. noun An attempt or effort to achieve something.

report — full definition

1. verb To give an account of an event or pass on information that has been observed or heard.
2. verb To formally notify authorities about wrongdoing, an incident, or a concern.
3. verb To be accountable to someone in a workplace hierarchy.
4. verb To present oneself somewhere at a required time.
5. noun A written or spoken account describing something, usually presented to someone else.

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