noun
Meaning 1
A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
foretoken
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verb
Meaning 2
To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 3
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he hoped it was an augury
- it was a sign from God
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: augury, sign, preindication
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experience
Narrower terms: war cloud, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
History
Etymology
From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foretācn, foretācen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- + token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.
From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foretācnian (“to foreshow”).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предзнаменование (predznamenovanie) — a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment