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Bode


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) Abode.
  • (p. p.) Bid or bidden.
  • (v. t.) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
  • (v. i.) To foreshow something; to augur.
  • (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.
  • (n.) A bid; an offer.
  • (v. t.) A messenger; a herald.
  • (n.) A stop; a halting; delay.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Such lack of attention to matters of scientific methodology does not bode well for the advancement of knowledge in this area.
  • (2) Utilizing the known atomic coordinates of the chromophores (Schirmer, T., Bode, W. and Huber, R. (1987) J. Mol.
  • (3) Earlier this fall the skier Bode Miller was one of the few American athletes to speak out against the Russian law, calling it "absolutely embarrassing".
  • (4) Markit said a return to growth in output boded well for the months ahead.
  • (5) That there are teenage boys who intelligently question the assumptions of past generations and who care about serious matters bodes well for our future.
  • (6) The instability of type I cultures when grown on complex medium can not be explained by heterokaryosis or the presence of virus-like particles found in the original Bode strain and its derivatives.
  • (7) Doesn't bode terribly well for Merkel's visit tomorrow....
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Even those who’ve never seen a downhill ski race couldn’t help but sympathise with Bode Miller’s agony at missing out on a medal in what will surely be the last Olympic event of his career.
  • (9) I think Sarah Lucas pointed out it was the site of the cover of Ziggy Stardust and that seemed to us to bode well for our new venture, particularly as Bowie then turned up unannounced at our Sarah Lucas show, The Law (1997).
  • (10) German Chancellor Merkel’s sister party won the Bavarian election which bodes well for her to keep her position in next week’s general election.
  • (11) Suddenly, China’s stock exchanges have become wards of the Chinese Communist party – and their fate hardly bodes well for Xi’s declaration that the nation’s economic salvation will lie in allowing market forces to play a greater role in the allocation of resources.
  • (12) That bodes ill for an economy reliant on household spending and the latest indicators from Britain’s retail and leisure industries suggest they are feeling the effects of a tightening consumer squeeze.
  • (13) "This is the first announcement the coalition has made, and the inclusion of their 10:10 commitment bodes well for the importance they'll place on carbon reduction this term," said Eugenie Harvey, campaign director of 10:10.
  • (14) We discuss briefly the biology of vaccinia and its significance in the use of vaccinia as an expression vector, the variety of vaccinia systems currently in use and, finally, we summarize some recent developments which bode well for future applications of vaccinia virus technology.
  • (15) The pictures and reports emerging do not bode well for other earthquake-prone cities with similar vulnerabilities.
  • (16) The wobble was temporary but it bodes ill for the conference because negotiators were already running short of time to draft an agreement ahead of an Earth Summit next week that is billed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to set mankind on a more sustainable path of development.
  • (17) October 15, 2013 Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) Republican Paul Ryan, a key figure, adds that budget committee proposal in the Senate deal is "not enough" - that doesn't bode well.
  • (18) The shape of these characteristics, depicted as Bode plots, is invariant with temperature.
  • (19) For the government, the latest GDP data did not bode well for its borrowing forecasts, said Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight.
  • (20) eurozone GDP “Inventories have likely shaved off a bit of growth in the second quarter, but this actually bodes well for the second half, as industrial orders remain strong according to the European commission’s business survey.” European stocks regaining some of the week’s losses after news that the Greek parliament approved a third multibillion-euro bailout deal offset the underwhelming GDP figures.

Bodle


Definition:

  • (n.) A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.

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