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bode
CEFRC2
/bəʊd/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To be a sign that something will happen.
- 02
verb
Extra detailOften followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.
Examples
His silence on this matter certainly doesn't bode well.
This does not bode well.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /boʊd/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
More examples
In contextIt doesn't bode well!
But in the thought and ſcope of my opinion, / This bodes ſome ſtrange eruption to the ſtate.
VVhat ever novv / The Omen prove, it boded vvell to you.
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Origin
verb
The verb is derived partly from the following: * From Middle English boden, bodian (“to be a sign or symbol, betoken, signify; to be an omen of a future event, forebode, foreshadow; to foretell, presage; to command, order; to deliver a message, proclaim, report; to preach”), from Old English bodian (“to announce, proclaim, tell; to foretell, prophesy; to preach; etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodōn (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to announce, proclaim; to call, summon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”). Doublet of bid (“to make an attempt; to make an offer”). * A back-formation from forebode. The noun is...