omen.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
A thing of prophetic significance.
A sign of ill omen.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
To be an omen of.
To divine or predict from omens.
Where this word comes from
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
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