bode

bode ¹  (bd)

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.

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

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bode ²  (bd)

v.

A past tense of bide.

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bode¹

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]

boding  n & adj

bodement  n

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bode²

vb

the past tense of bide

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bode - 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.

Translations

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

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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

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bode [bəʊd] vi to bode well → promettere bene
to bode ill → non promettere nulla di buono

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bode [bəʊd] vi to bode well → promettere bene
to bode ill → non promettere nulla di buono

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bode [bəud]

to be an omen of or to foretell bad or good fortune This bodes well for the future. beloof يُنْذِرُ بالخَيْرِ вещая věštit dobré/špatné love prophezeien προμηνύω presagiar, prometer, prever halvaks endeks olema, heaks endeks olema پیشگویی کردن؛ از آینده خبر دادن enteillä présager לְבַשֵר भविष्य सूचित करना proreći jósol firasat boða/vita á gott/illt far presagire ～の前兆となる …의 전조가 되다 reikšti gera/bloga paredzēt; pareģot sliktu / labu membawa petanda voorspellen varsle źle/dobrze wróżyć prever a fi semn (bun) служить дурным/хорошим предзнаменованием veštiť (dobré, zlé) napovedati slutiti na []båda, vara illavarslande/båda gott เป็นลาง şerre/hayra alâmet olmak 預示(警)… віщувати شگون ، پیش گوئی báo trước 预兆