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- PORTENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PORTENT is something that foreshadows a coming event : omen, sign How to use portent in a sentence
- PORTENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PORTENT definition: 1 a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future: 2 a sign that something bad is… Learn more
- portent noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of portent noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- portent, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
Indication or omen of something that is to happen; presage; prophecy Also: future events or occurrences; a person's fortune or luck Frequently… Premonition, presentiment; concrete prognostic, omen, portent An extraordinary natural occurrence, esp when regarded as supernatural or taken as an omen or portent Chiefly plural Obsolete
- PORTENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
A portent is an omen of something momentous, which can be good, but is more often negative You can use portent to mean a magical foretelling or symbol, but you can also use it to talk about something real, the way you could describe big, dark storm clouds as a portent of a thunderstorm
- portent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun portent (plural portents) Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen It was a portent of things to come A portending; significance a howl of dire portent
- PORTENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Signs and portents bring us messages, and we should heed them ere civilisation crumbles It's a cultural curiosity now, but perhaps a portent of the future I followed a series of signs and portents that led beyond thought, to find myself in a realm that was vast and ancient
- Portent - definition of portent by The Free Dictionary
por•tent (ˈpɔr tɛnt, ˈpoʊr-) n 1 an indication or omen of something about to happen, esp something momentous 2 threatening or disquieting significance: an occurrence of dire portent 3 a prodigy or marvel
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