bode
pronunciation
How to pronounce bode in British English:
UK [bəʊd]
How to pronounce bode in American English:
US [boʊd]
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- Verb:
- indicate by signs
Word Origin
- bode (v.)
- Old English bodian "proclaim, announce; foretell," from boda "messenger," probably from Proto-Germanic *budon- (cognates: Old Saxon gibod, German gebot, Old Norse boð), from PIE *bheudh- "be aware, make aware" (cognates: Sanskrit bodhati "is awake, is watchful, observes," buddhah "awakened, enlightened;" Old Church Slavonic bljudo "to observe;" Lithuanian budeti "to be awake;" Old Irish buide "contentment, thanks"). As a shortened form of forebode (usually evil), it dates from 1740. Related: Boded; boding.
Example
- 1. Such incidents do not bode well for iraqi peace .
- 2. Surveys of purchasing managers in october bode ill for the coming months .
- 3. They also bode poorly for the resolution of disputes in a closer economic union .
- 4. That , in fact , may bode well for his ability to fight its corner in the hard discussions about religion and society that loom .
- 5. However , economists warned that the hourly earnings figure did not bode well for consumer spending , which accounts for more than two-thirds of us economic activity .