Omen Definition

ōmən
omens
noun
omens
A thing or happening believed to foretell a future event, either good or evil; augury.
Webster's New World
Prognostication; portent.
Birds of ill omen.
American Heritage

Prophetic significance.

A sign of ill omen.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To be a prophetic sign of; portend.
American Heritage
To be an omen of; augur.
Webster's New World

To divine or predict from omens.

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Other Word Forms of Omen

Noun

Singular:
omen
Plural:
omens

Origin of Omen

  • From Latin omen (“foreboding, omen").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ōmen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Omen Sentence Examples

  • It's a bad omen of things to come.

  • During his confinement by Tiberius a like omen had been interpreted as portending his speedy release, with the warning that should he behold the same sight again he would die within five days.

  • Knowing it was a bad omen for the early foundings of a city to be breached so easily, Romulus killed Remus.

  • The first sound which he heard outside was an omen.

  • He makes them see the bad omen with their own eyes.

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Words Starting With

OOMOME

Words Ending With

NENMEN

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Words Starting With O and Ending With N

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With O4 Letter Words Ending With N