What does omen mean?

Definitions for omen
ˈoʊ mənomen

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigyverb

    a sign of something about to happen

    "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

  2. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb

    indicate by signs

    "These signs bode bad news"

Wiktionary

  1. omennoun

    Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.

  2. omennoun

    prophetic significance

    a sign of ill omen

  3. omenverb

    To be an omen of.

  4. omenverb

    To divine or predict from omens.

  5. Etymology: From omen.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. OMENnoun

    A sign good or bad; a prognostick.

    Etymology: omen, Latin.

    When young kings begin with scorn of justice,
    They make an omen to their after reign. Dryden.

    The speech had omen that the Trojan race
    Should find repose, and this the time and place. Dryden.

    Choose out other smiling hours,
    Such as have lucky omens shed
    O’er forming laws and empires rising. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. Omen

    An omen (also called portent) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient times, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods.These omens include natural phenomena, for example an eclipse, abnormal births of animals (especially humans) and behaviour of the sacrificial lamb on its way to the slaughter. Specialists, known as diviners, variously existed to interpret these omens. They would also use an artificial method, for example, a clay model of a sheep liver, to communicate with their gods in times of crisis. They would expect a binary answer, either yes or no, favourable or unfavourable. They did these to predict what would happen in the future and to take action to avoid disaster.Though the word omen is usually devoid of reference to the change's nature, hence being possibly either "good" or "bad", the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word ominous. The word comes from its Latin equivalent omen, of otherwise uncertain origin.

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  1. omen

    An omen is a phenomenon or event believed to predict the future, often signifying the advent of change. They may be considered either good or bad depending on their nature or interpretation. These are traditionally thought to foretell what will happen, generally stemming from superstition or folklore. They can take many forms, such as natural occurrences, dreams, or unusual incidents.

Wikidata

  1. Omen

    An omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Though the word "omen" is usually devoid of reference to the change's nature, hence being possibly either "good" or "bad," the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous". The origin of the word is unknown, although it may be connected with the Latin word audire, meaning "to hear."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Omen

    ō′men, n. a sign of some future event, either good or evil: a foreboding.—v.i. and v.t. to prognosticate: to predict.—adj. O′mened, containing omens, mostly with prefixes, as ill-omened. [L. for osmen, that which is uttered by the mouth—L. os; or for ausmen, that heard—audīre, to hear.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. OMEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Omen is ranked #156044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Omen surname appeared 104 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Omen.

    75.9% or 79 total occurrences were White.
    14.4% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    4.8% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

Anagrams for omen »

  1. nome

  2. Nome

  3. mone

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of omen in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of omen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of omen in a Sentence

  1. Col Robert Lee Maginnis:

    Putin's decision to limit access to Facebook is a terrible omen for Russian freedom, it is the proverbial camel's nose under the tent.Expect much worse denial of freedom to follow.This is especially true as evidenced by the Kremlin's recent decision to clamp down on anti-war protesters.

  2. Lao-Tzu:

    Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.

  3. Alexis karpouzos:

    Time is the architect of fate, fleeting omen, pure phantom in enchanting light of absence, and our life the play of love and death, only love will never die, because In love no longer ‘thou’ and ‘I’ exist, only the blossom of sacred unity.

  4. George Santayana:

    Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

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