Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An omen or foreboding, especially of evil.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An omen; a prognostic; a foreboding premonition; presentiment.
- n. Prediction; prophecy of evil.
- Foreboding; ominous.
Wiktionary
- n. An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.
- adj. portending, ominous
- v. present participle of bode.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous.
- n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a feeling of evil to come
Examples
“boding' is not a quality that can be predicated of silence.”
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1
“The U.S. private sector added a better-than-expected 206,000 jobs in November, according to Automatic Data Processing, boding well for the U.S. employment report on Friday.”
The Wall Street Journal: Treasury Prices Retreat as Optimism Returns
“Recent U.S. economic data has been surprisingly positive, boding well for Mexico's economy, which is expected to grow more than 3% in 2012.”
“Argentina's Kirchner, benefiting from a booming economy, scored a decisive win in the presidential primary, boding well for her re-election chances.”
“That compares with 30 percent in favor of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party LDP, boding well for the DPJ's fortunes in the next election.”
The Huffington Post: Japan new PM Noda enjoys strong voter support
“Also boding ill for Japan's hopes for developing economies, exports to China—Japan's largest export market—dropped 7.7% on year, the first decline in three months.”
The Wall Street Journal: Japan Posts Trade Deficit for October
“Revamping its private-label offerings is another project that is boding well for those stores.”
The Wall Street Journal: Supervalu Loss Widens, Cuts Sales View
“Ms. Weiser also was encouraged by reports from Hermés International , LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA and Tiffany & Co. International passenger travel levels and corresponding travel retail figures were also increasing, boding well for cosmetics sales in airport shops.”
“Besides Farah, a handful of other British performances impressed, boding well for the nation's chances at the world championships.”
The Guardian: Mo Farah ready to take on the world after lighting up Crystal Palace
“TOKYO—Major Japanese manufacturers expect core machinery orders to rise in the January-March period from the previous quarter, boding well for capital spending in 2012, particularly given the host of negative factors weighing on the nation's economy.”
The Wall Street Journal: Japan Machinery Orders Are Expected to Rebound
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