PORTENT


Meaning of PORTENT in English

(~s)

A ~ is something that indicates what is likely to happen in the future. (FORMAL)

The savage civil war there could be a ~ of what’s to come in the rest of the region...

= indication, sign

N-COUNT: oft N of n

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