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Could you stick to the point, please?; We'd better stick to the main road, because the other roads are blocked with snow.; I think I'll stick to my first plan.

If you make a promise, you should stick to it.; I'd better stick to the rules.; I find it very hard to stick to a diet.; We've made the agreement so we have to stick to it.

You'll never learn to play the piano if you're not prepared to stick to it.

a tender look/smile; What you need is some tender loving care.; He gave her a tender kiss.

My arm was very tender after the injection.

My steak was beautifully tender.; My steak was juicy and tender.

At the tender age of 17, he joined the army.

receive a tender: Competitive tenders must be received by 1 p.m.; invite tenders (to do/for sth): Morocco is inviting tenders to build two wind farms.; tender to do sth: The company is tendering to clean the Millennium Dome.

submit a tender (to do/for sth): The company said it will submit tenders to develop three oil fields in the area.; tender for sth: Next month companies will be invited to tender for a new international telecommunications system.

The Secretary wants to leave but has not yet tendered his resignation.; This is the richest contract ever tendered to a baseball player.;

chicken tenders

win a tender (for/to do sth): The company won a tender to start an analogue cellular network.; put sth out to tender: The drilling rights have been put out to tender. - If you put work out to tender, you ask people to make offers to do it

You will have no option but to tender your resignation.; He tendered a delivery note for signature.; She tendered a plea of no contest.; tender sth as sth: A check was tendered as payment.

In conclusion, I submit that the proposal will not work without some major changes.

He was given the choice on Wednesday to either submit his resignation, or be fired.

They were required to agree that future industrial disputes would be submitted to arbitration.; He had never been able to submit himself to that sort of discipline.; All newly hired employees must submit to a background check.

We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.; She decided to resign from the party rather than submit herself to the new rules.

The developers submitted building plans to the council for approval.; You must submit your application before 1 January.; Companies are required to submit monthly financial statements to the board.

submit a bid/plan/proposal: The consortium has yet to submit a bid.; submit a letter/report/request: They submitted the report after the retailer said that it might choose a replacement ad agency last year.

She knew she couldn't afford it, so she didn't bid.; I made a bid of $150 for the painting.; She made/put in a bid of £69,000 for the flat, which was accepted.; bid sth for sth: The previously unknown company bid $9.3 billion for the oil fields.

Sydney made a successful bid to host the Olympic Games.; Paris is bidding to host the next Olympics.; I gave the job to the contractors who made/gave the lowest bid (= who offered to do the work for the lowest amount of money).

He bade us farewell; They bade her good morning.; I must now bid you farewell (= say goodbye to you).; He bade (= asked) them (to) leave at once.

Her bid for re-election was unsuccessful.; They have reduced the cost of borrowing in a bid to get the economy moving again.

invite bids for sth/to do sth: The state government is inviting bids to carry out maintenance work on all the state highways.; make/put in/submit a bid for/on sth: It was the second time they had submitted a bid for the contract.

a vase of flowers

We said our sad farewells and got on the bus.; He bid us both a fond (= affectionate) farewell.

a farewell speech; We gave Latoya a farewell party on her last day.

She is very fond of horses; "I'm very fond of you, you know," he said.; I like to travel but, then again, I'm very fond of my home.

We said a fond farewell to each other (= we said goodbye in a loving way) and promised to write.

I waited at home all evening in the fond hope that he might call.

He smiled fondly at his wife.

They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.; Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen (= I didn't want to go).; She's a keen tennis player.; She's keen on (playing) tennis.

a keen eye for detail; a keen sense of smell

Some firms are diversifying their businesses in response to keen competition.

Superstores may offer keen prices that small-town shops cannot match.

Multimillionaires often sit across the table from one another, both wanting the same property, and bidding up prices.

make/launch a cash bid (for sth): The little-known Canadian company launched a cash bid worth $606 million for the educational software firm.

An agreed bid could ultimately satisfy shareholders on both sides.

The two companies have held productive talks over a possible friendly bid.

a hostile crowd; The president had a hostile reception in Ohio this morning.; There has been a hostile reaction to the government's proposed tax increases.; Her parents were openly hostile to me.

I'm not hostile to (= against) the idea of change as such.

The Nevada desert is one of the most hostile regions in America.; hostile weather conditions

The enemy was preparing to take hostile action.; hostile aircraft/forces

The chief executive said he was still ready to go hostile for one of the two companies.

The two groups have opened talks about joining forces to head off a $48bn hostile bid from a fellow French oil group.

a sealed bid procedure/process; The couple were told they would have to submit a sealed bid for the property with their best offer.

Open bids for running water services are seen by companies as a way of increasing earnings and share price.

The supplier was chosen by closed bid.; a closed bid auction. Another meaning: an offer to supply goods or services that is kept secret until all offers have been received: The land is going to be sold by submitting closed bids.

The offer would be almost entirely a paper bid.