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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.
[Middle English boden, from Old English bodian, to announce; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

bode


Past participle: boded
Gerund: boding

Imperative
bode
bode
Present
I bode
you bode
he/she/it bodes
we bode
you bode
they bode
Preterite
I boded
you boded
he/she/it boded
we boded
you boded
they boded
Present Continuous
I am boding
you are boding
he/she/it is boding
we are boding
you are boding
they are boding
Present Perfect
I have boded
you have boded
he/she/it has boded
we have boded
you have boded
they have boded
Past Continuous
I was boding
you were boding
he/she/it was boding
we were boding
you were boding
they were boding
Past Perfect
I had boded
you had boded
he/she/it had boded
we had boded
you had boded
they had boded
Future
I will bode
you will bode
he/she/it will bode
we will bode
you will bode
they will bode
Future Perfect
I will have boded
you will have boded
he/she/it will have boded
we will have boded
you will have boded
they will have boded
Future Continuous
I will be boding
you will be boding
he/she/it will be boding
we will be boding
you will be boding
they will be boding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been boding
you have been boding
he/she/it has been boding
we have been boding
you have been boding
they have been boding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been boding
you will have been boding
he/she/it will have been boding
we will have been boding
you will have been boding
they will have been boding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been boding
you had been boding
he/she/it had been boding
we had been boding
you had been boding
they had been boding
Conditional
I would bode
you would bode
he/she/it would bode
we would bode
you would bode
they would bode
Past Conditional
I would have boded
you would have boded
he/she/it would have boded
we would have boded
you would have boded
they would have boded
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.bode - indicate by signsbode - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
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

verb
To give an indication of something in advance:
adumbrate, augur, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate.
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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)
A. VT → presagiar
it bodes no good → no promete nada bueno
B. VI it bodes well/ill → es de buen/mal agüero
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bode

[ˈbəʊd] vi
to 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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bode

vi to bode well/ill → ein gutes/schlechtes Zeichen sein
vt → bedeuten, ahnen lassen; that bodes no good → das bedeutet nichts Gutes, das lässt Böses ahnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bode

[bəʊd] vi to bode well → promettere bene
to bode ill → non promettere nulla di buono
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.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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