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bode¹ Definition

bode (bōd)

transitive verb boded, bod·ing

  1. Archaic to announce in advance; predict
  2. to be an omen of; presage

Etymology: ME bodien < OE bodian < boda, messenger, prob. < IE base of bid

bode¹ Idioms

bode ill (or well)

to be a bad (or good) omen

bode² Definition

bode (bōd)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

bide

bode Usage Examples

Preposition: for

  • t.: Millionaire's 14,000 mile bike ride Busy Easter bodes well for summer t..
  • future: Such findings did not bode well for the future.
  • rest: To hear the cuckoo on ones right hand side bodes well for the rest of the year.
  • season: A personal best indoors, which bodes well for the new outdoor season which starts in April.
  • album: A welcome return which bodes well for the new album.
  • success: The track record of sound policy design and implementation in recent years bodes well for continued success in a more uncertain world economy.

Adjective complement

  • ill: A ghostly child, sometimes seen in the corridors, whose presence bodes ill.
  • good: Thus a very serious situation is rapidly developing which bodes no good for the world.
  • evil: Certain signs boded evil, and certain others boded good.

Modifying Another Word

  • well: A very rapid showing in the last Combe round bodes well for Jensen's return to the British GP venue.
  • ill: This example bodes ill for the rest of us.
  • badly: Such differences bode badly for any hope of establishing a common international code of practice.
  • certainly: The episode also provides a rather good alien spacecraft which certainly bodes well for the return of Doctor Who in 2005.
  • n't: Quot today going coverage are does n't bode well do know what's.
  • all: It all bodes well for the album ' Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants ' which is due on the 28th February.

Preposition: in

term: The absence of class politics in your apolitical approach doesn't bode well in the long term.

Browse dictionary entries near bode

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  7. Boccioni
  8. boccie
  9. Boccherini
  10. Boccaccio
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  4. bodhisattva
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  6. bodice
  7. bodice-ripper
  8. -bodied
  9. bodiless
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