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BETOKEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Example:

These signs bode bad news

Synonyms:

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "betoken" is one way to...):

bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betoken"):

threaten (to be a menacing indication of something)

foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be a signal for or a symptom of

Example:

The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued

Synonyms:

bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "betoken" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betoken"):

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)

mark (designate as if by a mark)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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