omen

UK /ˈəʊmən/ US /ˈoʊmən/
noun 2verb 2

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.

A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.

2

A thing of prophetic significance.

A sign of ill omen.

verb

1

To be an omen of.

2

To divine or predict from omens.

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