portent
/ˈpɔːtɛnt/
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American sound/ˈpɔːtɛnt/
portent
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por - tent -> portent
Myanmar meaning
portent [po:tent] (n) something usu strange and remarkable that warns of some future happening: အတိတ်နိမိတ်။ strange signs and portents. ထူခြားသော အတိတ်နိမိတ်နှင့် လက္ခဏာများ။
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portent /'pↄ:'tent/ n ~ (of sth) (fml )
နိမိတ်။ အတိတ်နိမိတ်။ The event proved to be a portent of the disaster that was to come. ❍ We shall try to reach an agreement, but the portents are not good.
❏ portentous /pↄ:'tentǝs/ adj
၁။ နိမိတ်ဆောင်သော။ portentous events/signs.
၂။ (derog ) ဟန်တစ်လုံးပန်တစ်လုံး (လေသံဖြင့်)။ adopt a portentous tone.
❏ portentously adv ဟိတ်ကြီးဟန်ကြီးဖြင့်။ ‘No good will come of this,’she announced portentously. portentousness n [U]
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omen, sign, presage, warning, indication, signal, augury, threat, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, herald, hunch, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, premonition, presentiment, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication, sensation, sinking feeling, stunner, vibes, wonder
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