What does bode mean?
Definitions for bode
boʊdbode
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Princeton's WordNet
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To BODEverb
To portend; to be the omen of. It is used in a sense of either good or bad.
Etymology: bodian, Sax.
This bodes some strange eruption to our state. Hamlet.
By this design, you have opposed their false policy, with true and great wisdom; what they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing, shall be one of our principal strengths. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.
It happen’d once, a boding prodigy!
A swarm of bees that cut the liquid sky,
Upon the topmost branch in clouds alight. John Dryden, Æneid.If firy red his glowing globe descends,
High winds and furious tempests he portends:
But if his cheeks are swoln with livid blue,
He bodes wet weather by his watry hue. John Dryden, Georg.To Bodeverb
To be an omen; to foreshew.
Sir, give me leave to say, whatever now
The omen prove, it boded well to you. John Dryden, Aurengz.
ChatGPT
bode
Bode is usually referred to in the context of engineering and physics as Bode Plot or Bode Diagram. It is a graphical representation used in control system engineering to determine the performance or response of a system. Named after Hendrik Wade Bode, it displays the magnitude and phase of a system's frequency response, i.e., it shows the system’s output response (in dB) over a range of frequencies, and the phase shift (in degrees). It is commonly used in electrical engineering and control theory.
Webster Dictionary
Bodeverb
to indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow
Bodeverb
to foreshow something; to augur
Bodenoun
an omen; a foreshadowing
Bodenoun
a bid; an offer
Bodeverb
a messenger; a herald
Bodenoun
a stop; a halting; delay
Bode
abode
Bode
bid or bidden
Wikidata
Bode
Bode is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 302 at the 2010 census.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bode
bōd, v.t. to portend or prophesy.—v.i. to be an omen: to foreshow.—adj. Bode′ful, boding, ominous.—n. Bode′ment, an omen, presentiment.—pr.p. Bod′ing, presaging.—n. an omen or portent. [A.S. bodian, to announce—bod, a message; allied to Bid.]
Bode
bōd (Spens.). Same as Abode.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BODE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bode is ranked #5919 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bode surname appeared 5,824 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Bode.
92.9% or 5,415 total occurrences were White.
3.7% or 218 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 84 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 64 total occurrences were Asian.
0.6% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
0.1% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for bode »
dobe
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bode in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bode in a Sentence
People feel just really uncertain about the future, and that generally does not bode well for having kids.
It doesn’t bode well.
Today's earnings also bode well for existing investors that are still in their lock up period.
The government's response to the climate crisis does not bode well...and this is not good for tourism.
Having more presence outside the Philippines would bode well for the company...they can tap more Koreans, Chinese and Japanese.
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- بشرArabic
- предвещавам, вещая, гадаяBulgarian
- bodCzech
- bodeDanish
- verheißen, ahnen lassen, Bode, sich ankündigenGerman
- προμηνύωGreek
- agorar, presagiar, anunciarseSpanish
- بلهPersian
- enteilläFinnish
- présagerFrench
- भविष्यव्दाणीHindi
- előjelHungarian
- beralamatIndonesian
- far presagire, presagire, preannunciareItalian
- לְנָבֵּאHebrew
- ボードJapanese
- ಬೊಡೆKannada
- 징조Korean
- uerbaLatin
- voorspellenDutch
- BodeNorwegian
- wróżyćPolish
- bodePortuguese
- prevestiRomanian
- вещать, сулить, предвещать, гадатьRussian
- bodeSwedish
- போட்Tamil
- BODETelugu
- เป็นลางThai
- alâmet olmakTurkish
- БодеUkrainian
- باڈیUrdu
- bodeVietnamese
- bodeYiddish
- 預兆Chinese
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