Omen
/ˈoʊmən/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a sign of something about to happen wordnet
- 3 A thing of prophetic significance.
"A sign of ill omen."
Verb
- 1 To be an omen of. transitive
- 2 indicate, as with a sign or an omen wordnet
- 3 To divine or predict from omens. intransitive
Example
More examples"It was the midnight of Friday, 13th; nothing of ill omen was apparent."
Etymology
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).