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I refer to the verb bode, meaning "to be a portent of a particular outcome" as in a sentence such as her success bodes well for the future.
Most often I see the past in the form of her success in London 2012 did bode well for Rio 2016.
But I cannot find a past form of boded in any dictionary, including the OED. Does it exist?
Dictionary.com endorses both output and outputted. Ngrams and a Google search (238K vs. 22K) yields evidence of a definite preference for output. (Note: is output instead of was output yields similar results)
I think the better way to convey the sense and maintain the correct verb form is
I don't know what space it takes (will take) up.
You could also add an or to help the flow
I don't know what space it takes (or will take) up.
Best Answer
Boded seems fine to me - "Her success boded well for the future.
I guess that 'boded' often does not come up in the description of the verb because it is 'regular'...
The OED provides a couple of rather ancient examples (most of their examples use present tense).
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (1865) II. 293 It bodid grete merite and vertue.
1676 Dryden Aureng-Zebe ii. 26 What ever now The omen prove, it boded well to you. ▸a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.)