Verb This could bode disaster for all involved. her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school
Recent Examples on the Web
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The appointment of Christine Lagarde as president of the European Central Bank was never going to bode very well for the way that the ECB is run. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 June 2022 The Texans have to see if Mills is capable of being the starter, so adding a prospect in Round 2-3 isn't going to bode well with anyone. Stephanie Stradley, Chron, 22 Apr. 2022 Chances could get even slimmer after a midterm election cycle not expected to bode well for the president's party, with Democrats bracing for what could be a loss of control of one or both chambers of Congress. Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2022 Whether or how Russia intended to respond remained unclear late Friday, but the attack did not appear to bode well for diplomacy to halt the war.New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 The growing body of data surrounding the occurrence of long COVID among vaccinated individuals seems to bode well for the efficacy of vaccination. Alyssa Hui, Health.com, 28 Mar. 2022 This striking stat seems to bode well for Southern California: 14-0 all-time against Colorado. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2021 But still, when viewed in context of the government's accelerated push for children -- as well as its heavy crackdown on China's feminist movement in recent years -- the policy unveiled on Monday doesn't seem to bode well for women in the country. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021 That doesn’t bode well, however, for employers who can’t pay that much — some of whom could struggle to attract workers to move to the region for jobs given housing costs. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English bodian; akin to Old English bēodan to proclaim — more at bid entry 1
First Known Use
Verb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of bode was before the 12th century