English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “forebode”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for forebode is fore-bode, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
fore-bode
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result fore-bode The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordforebode
Hyphenationfore-bode
Break points1
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationfɔːˈbəʊd
Word breaks

How “forebode” is split

fore·bode

For US English, the hyphenation result is fore-bode. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

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Questions about “forebode”

How do you hyphenate “forebode”?

In the US-English result used here, forebode is hyphenated as fore-bode.

Where can “forebode” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “forebode” mean?

(of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad).

Can you use “forebode” in a sentence?

“this lull foreboded some new assault upon him”

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