FORETOKEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does foretoken mean? • FORETOKEN (noun)
The noun FORETOKEN has 1 sense:
1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Familiarity information: FORETOKEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FORETOKEN (noun)
Meaning:
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
augury; foretoken; preindication; sign
Context examples:
he hoped it was an augury / it was a sign from God
Hypernyms ("foretoken" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foretoken"):
war cloud (an ominous sign that war threatens)
omen; portent; presage; prodigy; prognostic; prognostication (a sign of something about to happen)
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