OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8458

omen

/ˈəʊmən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
presagio
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 rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
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