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1. (n.) portent
an indication or omen of something about to happen, esp. something momentous.
2. portent
threatening or disquieting significance:
an occurrence of dire portent.
3. portent
a prodigy or marvel.
Etymology: (1555–65; < L portentum)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
a sign of something about to happen
"he looked for an omen before going into battle"
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1. (noun) portent
that which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign
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Sense: something usually strange and remarkable that warns of some future happening
strange signs and portents.
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 Afrikaans: waarskuwing |
 Arabic: نَذيرُ شُؤْم |
 Bulgarian: предзнаменование |
 Brazilian: presságio |
 Czech: předzvěst, zlé znamení |
 German: das Vorzeichen |
 Danish: varsel |
 Greek: οιωνός |
 Spanish: presagio, augurio |
 Estonian: enne |
 Farsi: شگون؛ یمن |
 Finnish: enne |
 French: présage |
 Hebrew: סִימָן לַבָּאוֹת |
 Hindi: अपशकुन, शकुन, चमत्कार |
 Croatian: koban znak |
 Hungarian: (baljós) előjel |
 Indonesian: firasat |
 Icelandic: fyrirboði |
 Italian: presagio |
 Japanese: 前兆 |
 Korean: 징후, 전조 |
 Lithuanian: (pranašingas) ženklas |
 Latvian: (ļaunu vēstoša) zīme; par |
 Malay: petanda |
 Dutch: voorteken |
 Norwegian: (for)varsel, tegn |
 Polish: znak, wróżba |
 Persian: شگون؛ عجيب |
 Pashto: بده خوله، بده دعا |
 Portuguese: mau agouro |
 Romanian: prevestire |
 Russian: предзнаменование |
 Slovak: predzvesť, zlé znamenie |
 Slovenian: znamenje |
 Serbian: predznak |
 Swedish: förebud, varsel, järtecke |
 Thai: ลาง |
 Turkish: belirti, alâmet |
 Taiwanese: 預兆，不祥之兆，徵兆 |
 Ukrainian: ознака, передвістя |
 Urdu: شگون، فال |
 Vietnamese: điềm báo |
 Chinese: 预兆，不祥之兆，征兆 |
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