<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.</li><li>Synonyms: foreboding, augury, a prognostic.</li><li>prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to be an omen of; portend.</li><li>to divine, as if from omens.</li></ul>