bode
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bode
to be an omen of; to portend: The future bodes well for you.
Not to be confused with:
bowed – used a bow on a stringed instrument: bowed a bass violin
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bode 1
(bōd)v. bod·ed, bod·ing, bodes
v.tr.
1. To be an omen of: heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft.
2. Archaic To predict; foretell.
v.intr.
To be an omen; portend: The peace accord bodes well for the city under siege.
bode 2
(bōd)v.
A past tense of bide.
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bode
(bəʊd)vb
1. to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage
2. (tr) archaic to predict; foretell
[Old English bodian; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite]
ˈboding n, adj
ˈbodement n
bode
(bəʊd)vb
the past tense of bide
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bode1
(boʊd)v. bod•ed, bod•ing. v.t.
1. to be an omen of; portend: news that bodes evil.
2. Archaic. to foretell; predict.
v.i. 3. to portend: The promotion bodes well for his future.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English bodian, derivative of boda messenger]
bode2
(boʊd)v.
a pt. of bide.
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bode
- Boda is messenger in Germanic, hence "bode"; at first, a bode was a command—then an omen or premonition.See also related terms for messenger.
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bode
Past participle: boded
Gerund: boding
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Verb | 1. | ![]() augur, auspicate, omen, portend, foreshadow, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration |
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bode
verb augur, portend, threaten, predict, signify, foreshadow, presage, betoken, be an omen, forebode Grace had dried her eyes. That boded well.
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bode
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Translations
يُنْذِرُ بالخَيْرِ
věštit dobré/špatné
love
boîa/vita á gott/illt
reikšti gera/bloga
paredzētpareģot sliktu / labu
şerre/hayra alâmet olmak
bode
[bəʊd] (liter)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bode
[ˈbəʊd] vito bode well for → être de bon augure pour
this does not bode well for ... → cela ne présage rien de bon pour ...
to bode ill for → être de mauvais augure pour
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bode
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bode
(bəud) : bode ill/well to be an omen of or to foretell bad or good fortune. This bodes well for the future.
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