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bona fide
[ boh-nuh fahyd, bon-uh; boh-nuh fahy-dee ]
bona fide
adjective
- real or genuine
a bona fide manuscript
- undertaken in good faith
a bona fide agreement
noun
- informal.a public house licensed to remain open after normal hours to serve bona fide travellers
bona fide
- Genuine: “The offer was a bona fide business opportunity: they really meant to carry it through.” From Latin , meaning “in good faith.”
Usage Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of bona fide1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bona fide1
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.
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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