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Omen

//ˈoʊmən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

    "The ghost's appearance was an ill omen."

  2. 2
    a sign of something about to happen wordnet
  3. 3
    A thing of prophetic significance.

    "A sign of ill omen."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be an omen of. transitive
  2. 2
    indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
  3. 3
    To divine or predict from omens. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

Etymology 2

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

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