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Noun: portent  'por`tent
  1. A sign of something about to happen
    - omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy

Derived forms: portents

See also: portend, portentous

Type of: augury, foretoken, preindication, sign

Encyclopedia: Portent