| NOUN | event | omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | a sign of something about to happen |
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| VERB | communication | omen, bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict | indicate by signs |
| Sounds | ow'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A sign of something about to happen. | |
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| Example | "he looked for an omen before going into battle" | |
| Synonyms | portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy | |
| Narrower | auspice | A favorable omen |
| death knell | An omen of death or destruction | |
| foreboding | An unfavorable omen | |
| Broader | augury, sign, foretoken, preindication | An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
| Spanish | agüero, anuncio, augurio, auspicio, premonición, presagio, pronóstico | |
| Catalan | anunci, auguri, averany, premonició, presagi, prodigi, senyal | |
| Adjectives | ominous | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| ominous | presaging ill fortune | |
| Verbs | omen | indicate by signs |
| Meaning | Indicate by signs. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict | |
| Narrower | foreshow | foretell by divine inspiration |
| threaten | To be a menacing indication of something | |
| Broader | bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | Be a signal for or a symptom of |
| Spanish | agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Catalan | augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Nouns | omen | a sign of something about to happen |
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