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PREINDICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Example:
it was a sign from God
Synonyms:
augury; foretoken; preindication; sign
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("preindication" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preindication"):
war cloud (an ominous sign that war threatens)
omen; portent; presage; prodigy; prognostic; prognostication (a sign of something about to happen)