omen

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈəʊmən/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈoʊmən/

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• Hyphenation: o‧men

Noun

Singular omen

Plural omens

1. (countable) An omen is a warning or a sign about a good or bad event that will happen in the future; it is an augury or foreboding.
2. (countable) An omen is something of prophetic importance.

Related words

• ominous

Verb

Plain form omen

Third-person singular omens

Past tense omened

Past participle omened

Present participle omening

1. (transitive) If you omen something, you predict its happening with an omen.

See also

• augury
• foreboding

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