Definitions for bode
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb

   indicate by signs

   "These signs bode bad news"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bodeverb

   to indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow

2. Bodeverb

   to foreshow something; to augur

3. Bodenoun

   an omen; a foreshadowing

4. Bodenoun

   a bid; an offer

5. Bodeverb

   a messenger; a herald

6. Bodenoun

   a stop; a halting; delay

7. Bode

   abode

8. Bode

   bid or bidden

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bode

   Bode is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 302 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

2. Bode

   bōd (Spens.). Same as Abode.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Anagrams for bode »

1. dobe

How to pronounce bode?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bode in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bode in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bode in a Sentence

1. Bill Deverell:

   Here we are — it’s not the end of August and the size and distribution and the destruction of summer 2021 wildfires does not bode well for the next months, the suggestion of patterns across the last two decades in the West is deeply unsettling and worrisome: hotter, bigger, more fires.

2. Michael Fredericks:

   We recently increased the fund's position in European high yield, a growing asset class with spreads near their widest levels in two years, the region's supportive monetary policy, corporate deleveraging and recovering economy bode well for these assets.

3. Sami Alfaraj:

   The conspiracy theorists of old have been proven right. The U.S. creates threats for us and then offers us more weapons systems. That does not bode well for us.

4. Picabo Street:

   We might have seen the last of Bode, i think we've seen Bode Miller race for the last time. You know what ? He was putting a beautiful run together and he did it in typical Bode style.

5. Corey Johnson:

   It doesn’t bode well.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bode
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bode
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bode
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bode
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bode
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html