bode

¹

[bohd]

verb (used with object)

boded, boding 

1. to be an omen of; portend.

   The news bodes evil days for him.

2. Archaic.,  to announce beforehand; predict.

verb (used without object)

boded, boding 

1. to portend.

   The news bodes well for him.

bode

²

[bohd]

verb

1. a simple past tense of bide.

bode

¹

/ bəʊd /

verb

1. to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage

2. archaic,  (tr) to predict; foretell

bode

²

/ bəʊd /

verb

1. the past tense of bide

Other Word Forms

• boding noun
• bodement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bode¹

before 1000; Middle English boden, Old English bodian to announce, foretell (cognate with Old Norse botha ), derivative of boda messenger, cognate with German Bote, Old Norse bothi

Word History and Origins

Origin of bode¹

Old English bodian ; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite

Example Sentences

That not only bodes well for the Yankees and Dodgers, the MLB leaders in homers, but also for the red-hot Seattle Mariners, who ranked third.

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That bodes well for the U.S. eight months shy of a World Cup it will host.

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The cuts come off the back of a $12bn income tax giveaway announced in February and lower interest rates from India's central bank, all of which bode well for a consumption pick-up.

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“That won’t bode well for our business, because there’s a certain human purity to having an actual model do a campaign.”

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With one goal scored and eight conceded, they are currently showing that worrying combination of struggling to score and letting in plenty, which does not bode well for aspirations of avoiding a season of struggle.

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