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==Origin==
Classical [[Latin]] ''ōmen'' something that foreshadows an [[event]] or the outcome of an event, of [[uncertain]] [[origin]] although it may be connected with the Latin word ''audire'', meaning "to hear."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1582]
==Definition==
*1: an occurrence or [[phenomenon]] believed to portend a [[future]] [[event]] : augury
==Description==
An [[omen]] (also called ''portent'' or ''presage'') is a [[phenomenon]] that is believed to foretell the [[future]], often signifying the [[advent]] of [[change]]. Though the word "omen" is usually devoid of [[reference]] to the change's [[nature]], hence being possibly either "good" or "bad", the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "''ominous''".
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
Classical [[Latin]] ''ōmen'' something that foreshadows an [[event]] or the outcome of an event, of [[uncertain]] [[origin]] although it may be connected with the Latin word ''audire'', meaning "to hear."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1582]
==Definition==
*1: an occurrence or [[phenomenon]] believed to portend a [[future]] [[event]] : augury
==Description==
An [[omen]] (also called ''portent'' or ''presage'') is a [[phenomenon]] that is believed to foretell the [[future]], often signifying the [[advent]] of [[change]]. Though the word "omen" is usually devoid of [[reference]] to the change's [[nature]], hence being possibly either "good" or "bad", the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "''ominous''".
[[Category: General Reference]]
