PORTENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does portent mean? • PORTENT (noun)
The noun PORTENT has 1 sense:
1. a sign of something about to happen
Familiarity information: PORTENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PORTENT (noun)
Meaning:
A sign of something about to happen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
omen; portent; prognostic; prognostication; presage; prodigy
Context example:
he looked for an omen before going into battle
Hypernyms ("portent" is a kind of...):
augury; foretoken; preindication; sign (an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portent"):
auspice (a favorable omen)
foreboding (an unfavorable omen)
death knell (an omen of death or destruction)
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