Associations to the word «Omen»

Wiktionary

OMEN, noun. Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
OMEN, noun. Prophetic significance
OMEN, verb. To be an omen of.
OMEN, verb. To divine or predict from omens.

Dictionary definition

OMEN, noun. A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle".
OMEN, verb. Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats