to be an omen of; portend: The news bodes evil days for him.
Archaic. to announce beforehand; predict.
verb (used without object),bod·ed,bod·ing.
to portend: The news bodes well for him.
Origin of bode
1
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
Words nearby bode
bod, boda-boda, bodacious, Bodansky unit, Bodanzky, bode, bodega, bodement, Bodenheim, Bodensee, Bode's law
I don’t know about you, but it strikes me that if the price of land for a new experimental city is too expensive for Alphabet, that doesn’t bode well for the affordability of cities in general.
Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive? (Ep. 435)|Stephen J. Dubner|October 15, 2020|Freakonomics
That bodes well for the Northern Hemisphere if people continue taking those precautions.
Winter will make the pandemic worse. Here’s what you need to know.|David Rotman|October 8, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Such regression doesn’t bode well late in the playoffs, when it’s important to have shot-makers with confidence to score over good defenses.
Can The Sixers Find A Way To Win It All With Embiid And Simmons?|James L. Jackson|September 28, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
That likely bodes well for its US release, despite the still-dire nature of the Covid-19 infection rate in many states.
This is the most important movie weekend of the year|Alissa Wilkinson|September 4, 2020|Vox
“The fact that this drug has already been developed and shown to be successful in treating feline infectious peritonitis, it really bodes well,” Lemieux says.
How two coronavirus drugs for cats might help humans fight COVID-19|Erin Garcia de Jesus|August 11, 2020|Science News
Still, the lack of communication with the tribes does not bode well for the future relationships.
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It|Abby Haglage|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such thinking does not bode well for women, who are primary targets in honor-seeking attacks.
How India’s Honor Culture Perpetuates Mass Rape|Amana Fontanella-Khan|July 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everyone except for Bode Miller, who defended Cooper on Twitter and in a CNN interview, saying, "I felt like it was me, not her."
The Good, the Bad, and the Pink Eye|Brett Singer|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The skier most connected to that stratospheric rise is Bode Miller.
The Can't-Miss Sochi Showdown: Bode Miller And Ted Ligety|Jake Bright|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Going into the 2006 Turin Olympics, Bode became the touted star of the Games.
The Can't-Miss Sochi Showdown: Bode Miller And Ted Ligety|Jake Bright|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only at rare times he got a look askance, which did not seem to bode any good.
Dame Care|Hermann Sudermann
Whosomever'll take de Po' House and bode 'em fer de least money gits de whole bunch.
The Sins of the Father|Thomas Dixon
God send ye the warld you bode, and that's neither scant nor want.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
I shall begin to grumble about them myself soon, for I'm aware of warnings in my spine which bode no good.
Mavis of Green Hill|Faith Baldwin
Bode, of Berlin, observed in 1781, that this star was missing.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
British Dictionary definitions for bode (1 of 2)
bode1
/ (bəʊd) /
verb
to be an omen of (good or ill, esp of ill); portend; presage
(tr)archaicto predict; foretell
Derived forms of bode
boding, noun, adjectivebodement, noun
Word Origin for bode
Old English bodian; related to Old Norse botha to proclaim, Old Frisian bodia to invite