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bode

Pronunciation: /bəʊd/

The English word “bode” has 10 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. Of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
  2. To declare (something, such as a future event) before it occurs; to foretell, to predict; specifically, to predict (something undesirable); to forebode.
  3. Often followed by ill or well: of a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of something.
  4. To make a bid or offer for (something); to bid, to offer.

noun

  1. A feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.
  2. An indication, an omen, a sign.
  3. A message; also, news, tidings.
  4. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid.
  5. A herald; a messenger.
  6. An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay.

Etymology

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…

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