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portention

portention noun: portent; omen.

Noun

portention (countable and uncountable, plural portentions)

  1. portent; omen

Forms of portention

pluralportentions

Origin of portention

Borrowed from Latin portentiō.

Questions about portention

What does portention mean?
Portention means portent; omen.
What part of speech is portention?
Portention is a noun.
What is the plural of portention?
The plural of portention is portentions.

Words near portention in the dictionary

  1. Portendorfer
  2. portends
  3. portension
  4. portensions
  5. portent
  6. portention
  7. portentions
  8. portentious
  9. portentive
  10. portentosity
  11. portentous

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