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noun

ˈbō-diŋ How to pronounce boding (audio)
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as in omen
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities

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verb

present participle of bode
as in promising
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school

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  1. omen
  2. promising
  3. portent
  4. forerunner
  5. precursor
  6. foreboding
  7. presage
  8. foreshadowing
Noun
  • These are positive omens for a goal-shy side that has not managed to dispel fears of a fourth successive relegation battle.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • A couple of the bad omens: ◾ Judas, the 13th person at the Last Supper in the Bible, is believed to have betrayed Jesus. ◾ Friday: Several unsettling events occurred on the day, including Jesus' crucifixion.
    Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of omen
Verb
  • The stakes are high, but in my opinion, the tools and methods being proposed—while promising on paper—are unlikely to resist the gravitational pull of the entrenched culture within government.
    Greg Orme, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As digital assets gain value and adoption increases, particularly in light of an incoming administration promising favorable regulatory change, the need for robust custody solutions remains vital.
    Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of promising
Noun
  • Cleveland scored on the very next play, the portent of a wild night to come. 2.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Its peaceful stillness and silence can become desolation, and its beautiful bleakness a portent of doom.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of portent
Noun
  • These projects breathed new life into the U.S. conservation movement, the forerunner of today’s climate activism.
    Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2020
  • Embrace change, become a forerunner and refuse to let emotional interference deter productivity.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • Poor sleep is associated with insulin resistance (cells do not respond to insulin to take in blood glucose for energy, causing blood sugar levels to rise), which may be the precursor to prediabetes (having blood sugar levels that are not quite high enough to be considered type 2 diabetes).
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The last time the Democratic Party faced this scale of electoral defeat was also the precursor to its greatest twenty-first-century success.
    Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of precursor
Noun
  • His aunts offered us tortillas to warm our hands while his uncle expressed dark forebodings about our chances of success.
    Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In his images of the World Trade Center, the passage of time has once again added to his foreboding.
    Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of foreboding
Noun
  • In politics, there are liars and better liars How the Biden administration helped avoid a coup in Guatemala China’s meddling in Taiwan election presages year of misinformation threats Need help keeping up with this tumultuous election?
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The New Moon in Virgo, which occurs shortly after Mercury turns direct, presages really big beginnings throughout the zodiac.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of presage
Noun
  • Modiri, who also appears as a high-ranking security services hostage negotiator in the film’s final section, inundates his screenplay with aural and visual foreshadowing.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Episode writer Zachary Reiter knows exactly how to ham up the calm before the storm, warming us up with sentimental moments (like a mother preparing her son for his first date) and frisky foreshadowing (of course there’s a couple getting it on in the bathroom).
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of foreshadowing
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