Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To be an omen of.

    indicate, as with a sign or an omen

  2. (intransitive)To divine or predict from omens.

Examples

43 sentences

  1. This is a very bad omen.

    ruЭто очень плохой знак.

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  2. This is not a good omen.

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  3. This could be a bad omen.

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  4. This must be a bad omen.

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  5. This is truly a bad omen.

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Origin

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).

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Forms

omens, omening, omened, omened
Base formomen · to omen
3rd person singularomens
Present participleomening
Past simpleomened
Past participleomened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyomen
he, she, itomens

Past simpleLesson

all personsomened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave omened
he, she, ithas omened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill omen

Synonyms

12 synonyms
forecastB1predictA2presageprognosticatebetokenforetellportendforeshadowbodeaugurprefigureauspicate
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedauguryforebodingportendportent

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • a bad omen
  • bad omen
  • good omen

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
omegaomeletteA2omicronominousomissionomit
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