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bode
UK /bəʊd/ US /boʊd/
name 5noun 4verb 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, developed
VERB + BODE
didn't, doesn't, forecast, matter, stolen, weather
BODE + NOUN
berlin, museum, outboard, ye
PREP.
from, in, up
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
verb
1
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound, And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true; if hollowly invert What best is boded me to mischief: I, Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world, Do love, prize, honour you.
2
To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future.
Whatever now / The omen prove, it boded well to you.
Recent investment by Sellafield and DRS in new wagons and more environmentally friendly traction bodes well for the future of one of the UK's last remaining internal rail networks and for the dedicated team who operate and maintain it.
noun
1
An omen; a foreshadowing.
noun
1
A bid; an offer.
What bode ye shall to your lord bear?
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound, And crown what I profess with kind event If I speak true; if hollowly invert What best is boded me to mischief: I, Beyond all limit of what else i' th' w
Wiktionary02
Whatever now / The omen prove, it boded well to you.
Wiktionary03
Recent investment by Sellafield and DRS in new wagons and more environmentally friendly traction bodes well for the future of one of the UK's last remaining internal rail networks and for the dedicate
Wiktionary04
What bode ye shall to your lord bear?
Wiktionary05
[T]he fame of the Duke's coming was sent abroad by the bodes or messengers, despatched to prepare the towns through which he was to pass for an arrival sooner than expected, […]
Wiktionary06
It doesn't bode well!
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