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.
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. Child on mobile phone: A survey found that children as young as seven were offering to do chores in exchange for cash to buy ringtones Photo: IAN JONES.