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bona fide

or bona-fide

[ boh-nuh fahyd, bon-uh; boh-nuh fahy-dee ]

adjective

  1. made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud:

    a bona fide statement of intent to sell.

    Synonyms: legal, lawful, sincere, honest

    Antonyms: deceitful

  2. a bona fide sample of Lincoln's handwriting.

    Synonyms: genuine

    Antonyms: false, spurious



bona fide

adjective

  1. real or genuine

    a bona fide manuscript

  2. undertaken in good faith

    a bona fide agreement

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noun

  1. informal.
    a public house licensed to remain open after normal hours to serve bona fide travellers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bona fide

  1. Genuine: “The offer was a bona fide business opportunity: they really meant to carry it through.” From Latin , meaning “in good faith.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bona fide1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin bonā fidē “in good faith, with good faith,” ablative singular of (nominative singular) bona fidēs; bona fides ( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bona fide1

C16: from Latin
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Example Sentences

He turned its blue ticks - which previously denoted that a high-profile account was bona fide - into a subscription model, and tied advertising payments to "verified" users to the number of interactions they receive.

From BBC

Months after sporting a fake baby belly in the music video for Machine Gun Kelly and Jelly Roll’s “Lonely Road,” Megan Fox is showing off her bona fide bump.

An early, short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra thrust her into the glaring spotlight, and then “Rosemary’s Baby” turned her into a bona fide movie star.

He serves up a series of theories for admitting the incendiary proof of Trump’s alleged weeks-long campaign to browbeat Pence into violating the Constitution and disregarding bona fide electoral votes for Joe Biden.

Kerry, a bona fide war hero, ran against President George W. Bush.

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