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noun

ˈbō-diŋ How to pronounce boding (audio)
Definition of bodingnext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boding
  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
  • As one manifestation of Carter’s commitment, his administration began to oppose loans from international financial institutions to rights-abusing governments, promising to provide financial support only after these countries demonstrated concrete improvements on human rights.
    Michael Posner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Was Knies’ promising rookie season not necessarily a sign of things to come?
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of promising
Noun
  • History says such a two-year performance in itself is neither a scary portent nor a ticket to further riches.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Monday’s bombing is the latest sign of Russia’s worsening terrorism problem, as well as a portent of things to come.
    Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2017
Definition of portent
Noun
  • The company's North American forerunner, Chrysler, has been left for dead repeatedly over the decades, only to emerge with hit products like minivans in the 1980s and the Dodge Ram pickup in the 1990s.
    Joel Mathis, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The launch of its own line of foundation models marks Amazon’s latest push to strengthen its position against forerunners Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.
    AFP, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of forerunner
Noun
  • Some potential precursor KPIs include: • The partner’s cost per lead (CPL) from different sources.
    Henry McIntosh, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The petition — which itself isn’t a lawsuit but a precursor — was withdrawn this week.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of precursor
Noun
  • Mid- to late-cycle expansions don’t need to draw fuel from a deep reservoir of fear and foreboding, the way early-cycle recoveries do.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
  • 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
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
  • This was a fair description of some elements in the Antall government—and a prescient foreshadowing of the populist style that Orban himself would later adopt.
    PAUL LENDVAI, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The emphasis on ambiguity was fitting foreshadowing of the next 45 minutes of the Dallas Cowboys’ state of the union news conference.
    Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
Definition of foreshadowing
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