/oh"meuhn/ , n.
1. anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
2. a prognostic.
3. prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.
v.t.
4. to be an omen of; portend.
5. to divine, as if from omens.
[ 1575-85; omen ]
Syn. 1. augury, foreboding. See sign .