Meaning of portent

por•tent

Pronunciation: (pôr'tent, pōr'-), [key]

— n.

an indication or omen of something about to happen, esp. something momentous.
threatening or disquieting significance: an occurrence of dire portent.
a prodigy or marvel.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

portent (Thesaurus)

port engineer portentous

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