omen
IPA: ˈoʊmʌn
noun
- 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.
- A thing of prophetic significance.
verb
- (transitive) To be an omen of.
- (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.
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Examples of "omen" in Sentences
- It was a sweet and propitious omen.
- He reports the omens are unfavorable.
- She is on the cover of Omen of the Stars.
- The star was an omen to people in the past.
- The series concludes with the omen lighting.
- The omen bird for the fishermen is the kingfisher.
- Damage to them is taken as an especially bad omen.
- He prefers retreat in the face of the omen of a hawk.
- In spite of this the omens looked good for the alliance.
- Moctezuma considered the loss of the game a negative omen.
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