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foretoken (noun)

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  • foretoken — noun /ˈfɔtoʊkən/ (say fawtohkuhn) 1. a premonitory token or sign. –verb (t) /fɔˈtoʊkən/ (say faw tohkuhn) 2. to foreshadow. {Middle English foretokne, Old English foretācn, from fore fore + tācn token} …  

  • foretoken — I. noun Date: before 12th century a premonitory sign II. transitive verb (foretokened; foretokening) Date: 15th century to indicate or warn of in advance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • foretoken — 1. noun A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment. 2. verb To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; …   Wiktionary

  • foretoken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. omen. v. t. foreshadow. See prediction. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, portend,… …   English dictionary for students

  • foretoken — verb fɔ: təʊk(ə)n literary be a sign of. Origin OE foretācn (noun: see fore , token) …   English new terms dictionary

  • Initial-stress-derived noun — Initial stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein stress is moved to the first syllable of any of several dozen verbs when they become nouns or adjectives. This is called a suprafix in linguistics. It is gradually becoming… …   Wikipedia

  • war cloud — noun an ominous sign that war threatens • Hypernyms: ↑augury, ↑sign, ↑foretoken, ↑preindication * * * noun : an ominous sign of war : a threat of or a situation that threatens war * * * something that threatens war; a harbinger of conflict. [1820 …   Useful english dictionary

  • prognostication — noun Date: 15th century 1. an indication in advance ; foretoken 2. a. an act, the fact, or the power of prognosticating ; forecast b. foreboding …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • harbinger — noun I long to see the robins, crocuses, and other harbingers of spring Syn: herald, sign, indication, signal, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage; forerunner, precursor, messenger; literary foretoken …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • omen — noun the torrential rains on day one of their journey was an omen of things to come Syn: portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage; straw in the wind,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • portent — noun 1) a portent of things to come Syn: omen, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage; writing on the wall, indication, hint; l …   Thesaurus of popular words

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