0 past simple and past participle of bode --
1 to be a sign of something that will happen in the future, usually something very good or bad: --
His first season, in which he scored seven goals in thirty games, boded well for the future, but during the following season he did not live up to expectations.
Hamill was paid $25 for what was his first published story, and the occasion boded well for both subject and author.
At first there had been a total collection of agricultural products for the final phase of the operation, which boded no good for the population.
Although this was mere fancy, it boded ill for the larger aircraft.
Nevertheless, reaching the national final was a monumental feat for a second year franchise, and boded well for the future.
Bottles were thrown at the club windows, and appearances boded no good to the club and its inmates.
In its final form, the financial perspective boded difficulties that manifested themselves in preparing the budget for 2008.
For them not to do so would have led to a deterioration in their image which would not have boded well for them.
