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Omen

Omen Meaning & Definition
Omen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Omen?

[n] a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"
[v] indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Omen: augur | auspicate | betoken | bode | forecast | foreshadow | foretell | portend | portent | predict | prefigure | presage | presage | prognostic | prognosticate | prognostication

Related Terms | Find terms related to Omen: actuarial prediction | adumbrate | adumbration | apocalypse | augur | augury | auspicate | auspice | betoken | betokening | betokenment | bode | boding | danger sign | early symptom | falling barometer | forebode | foreboding | forecast | forecasting | foreshadow | foreshadowing | foreshow | foreshowing | foresight | foretelling | foretoken | foretokening | forewarning | gathering clouds | guesswork | harbinger | have a hunch | have an intimation | high sign | improbability | indicant | indication | portend | portent | precursor | predict | prediction | prefiguration | prefigurement | prefiguring | preindication | preliminary sign | premonition | premonitory shiver | premonitory sign | premonitory symptom | presage | presaging | presentiment | preshowing | presignifying | probability | prodroma | prodrome | prognosis | prognostic | prognostication | promise | prophecy | prophesying | prospectus | quarantine flag | red flag | red light | shadow | shadow forth | sign | skull and crossbones | soothsay | speculation | statistical prediction | storm petrel | stormy petrel | symptom | thundercloud | thunderhead | token | tokening | type | vaticination | warning sign | warning signal | yellow flag | yellow jack

See Also | augury | auspice | bespeak | death knell | foreboding | foreshow | foretoken | indicate | point | preindication | sign | signal | threaten

Omen In Webster's Dictionary

\O"men\, n. [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.] An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. --Milton.
\O"men\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Omened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Omening}.] To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. --Sir W. Scott.

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