Betoken

Word BETOKEN
Character 7
Hyphenation be to ken
Pronunciations /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/

Definitions and meanings of "Betoken"

What do we mean by betoken?

To be or give a sign of: synonym: indicate. transitive verb

To signify; mean; denote in words.

To be a token of; be a visible sign of; give promise of.

To foreshow by signs; be or furnish a premonition of; indicate the probability of: as, this fact betokens a good result.

To give evidence of; show.

Synonyms To signify; presage, portend, augur, bode.

To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. transitive verb

To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known. transitive verb

Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. verb

Foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known. verb

Indicate by signs verb

Be a signal for or a symptom of verb

To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

To foreshow by present signs; indicate something future by that which is seen or known.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Betoken

The word "betoken" in example sentences

The name, the accompaniments, and the child's expression betoken a rare delicacy of conception. ❋ Various (N/A)

The plan of the city is more or less the geometrically regular one of main and cross-streets running at right angles to each other, and the principal of these are lined with shops, whose windows display luxurious articles of jewellery, clothing, and other effects such as betoken the taste and purchasing power of a wealthy upper class. ❋ Martin [Editor] Hume (1919)

An alternative form of the Indo-European root, again to do with showing or indicating, is *deig-, which appears in the native English words token, betoken, and that venerable one for pointing students down the best path, teach. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

This is a tale of a nervous breakdown that may betoken a mental illness such as psychosis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Kansas cyclone that whisks Dorothy into a dreamworld is evoked through vorticist projections the work of Jon Driscoll that betoken chaos in the cosmos. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Doesn't a high traffic blog or website betoken a popular content creator? ❋ Jonathan Fields (2010)

His arms and legs, withered and skinny, betokened extreme age, as well as did their sunburn and scars and scratches betoken long years of exposure to the elements. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fact that the site is closing as a discussion group does not, of course, betoken the end of dogme. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In addition to having absolutely beautiful photos and easy-to-follow directions, a lot of the recipes in here betoken memories of my mother and I in the kitchen, rolling lumpia, cursing (okay, not really cursing, but grumbling in frustration at least) at siapao dough not rising, steaming puto, etc. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Does that, once the smiles of victory and defeat have faded, betoken a fresh generation of Labour comradeship? ❋ Peter Preston (2010)

How great a failure and a failure in what does the World War betoken? ❋ W.E.B. DU BOIS (2004)

Whether these attitudes betoken a better society or one that is stumbling about perilously close to the edge of a social and cultural cliff, however, is quite another matter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Does the state of the bumper not betoken rather than belie the haphazard parking? ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)

Striking, though, and there were promising signs: she'd be about forty and properly saddle-broken, with the full mouth and drooping lower lip which betoken a hearty appetite, and a remarkable wasp waist between a fine full rump and upper works which would have made Miss Marie Lloyd look positively elfin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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