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portent

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
Word type
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
Line style
core relation
instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
Direction
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Senses

Sense 1 noun

a sign of something about to happen

he looked for an omen before going into battle

Types & categories

Related & opposite

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite omen
1 derivation Related & opposite ominous
1 derivation Related & opposite ominous
1 derivation Related & opposite forebodinga
1 derivation Related & opposite prognostic
1 derivation Related & opposite portentous
1 hypernym Types & categories augury
1 hyponym Types & categories auspice
1 hyponym Types & categories foreboding
1 hyponym Types & categories death knell