Meaning
6 sensesA feeling that something is going to happen; a premonition, a presentiment.
(Northern England, Scotland)An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something; a bid.
A herald; a messenger.
(obsolete)An indication, an omen, a sign.
(obsolete)A message; also, news, tidings.
(Scotland, obsolete)An act of biding or waiting; a wait; also, a delay.
Examples
21 sentencesThis doesn't bode well at all.
It doesn't bode well for tomorrow.
deDas verheißt nichts Gutes für morgen. — brauchinet
This doesn't bode well for tomorrow.
deDas verheißt nichts Gutes für morgen. — brauchinet
The weather forecast doesn't bode well.
That didn't bode well for you.
Origin
The verb is derived partly from the following: The noun is derived from Middle English boThe verb is derived partly from the following:
The noun is derived from Middle English bod (“act of bargaining or offering, or the subject of the bargain or offer; promise; proposal”), the same word stated in etymology 1. Doublet of bid.
From Middle English bode (“emissary, messenger”), from Old English boda (“herald, messenger; prophet”), from Proto-West Germanic *bodō, from Proto-Germanic *budô (“messenger”), from *beudaną (“to bid, offer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake; to be aware”) (compare etymology 1).
From Middle English bod, bode, bade, baide; further etymology uncertain, probably:
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