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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen.
Borrowers and lenders failed to recognize the portents of an economic collapse.- synonyms:
- augury, foretoken, harbinger, omen, sign
- similar words:
- forerunner, herald, indication, oracle, precursor, presage, threat, token, warning
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| definition 2: |
prophetic or ominous significance.
- synonyms:
- omen
- similar words:
- consequence, presage
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| related words: |
consequence, foreboding, forerunner, herald, oracle, warning |
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