Definition of "omen" in English

noun

1. Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.

   • The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
   • A rise in imports might be an omen of economic recovery.
   • The egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen.

2. A thing of prophetic significance.

   • A sign of ill omen.

verb

1. (transitive) To be an omen of.

2. (intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.