bode (third-person singular simple present bodes, present participle boding, simple past and past participle boded) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend; to presage; to foreshow.
Children get first mobile phone at average age of eight. Eight is the average age at which children are given their first mobile phone, according to a survey. More than a third of children (35 per cent) own a mobile by the time they are that age, the charity Personal Finance Education Group (pfeg) discovered.
The age at which the average prospective buyer expects to buy their first home is 35 years old, according to a survey by Post Office Mortgages. This compares to 28 years old ten years ago, and 30 years old five years ago.