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Dictionary: por·tent   (pôr'tĕnt', pōr'-) pronunciation
n.
  1. An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; an omen.
  2. Prophetic or threatening significance: signs full of portent.
  3. Something amazing or marvelous; a prodigy.

[Latin portentum, from neuter past participle of portendere, to portend. See portend.]


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noun

    A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, prefigurement, presage, prognostic, prognostication, sign. Idioms: writinghandwritingon the wall. See foresight, warn/invite.

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Definition: miracle
Antonyms: doom


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tegn, varsel, vidunder

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorteken, omen

Français (French)
n. - présage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vorzeichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (κακός) οιωνός, σημάδι, προμήνυμα

Italiano (Italian)
presagio, indizio, portento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - portento (m), presságio (m)

Русский (Russian)
предзнаменование

Español (Spanish)
n. - presagio, augurio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förebud, varsel, järtecken, (vid)under

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
前兆, 迹象, 凶兆, 预视

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 前兆, 跡象, 凶兆, 預視

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 징조, 놀라운 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 前兆, 前触れ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نذير, بشير, أعجوبه, معجزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אות, סימן לבאות‬


 
 
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