Meanings
Readings
Common Words
sign; indication; omen; symptom
sign; indication; omen; symptom
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition; precursor; foreboding; presentiment
Numeric
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion
Common noun
sign; omen; indication; portent
Numeric
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
to show signs; to have symptoms; to give indications (of)
to bud; to germinate; to sprout
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
An ominous portent makes the little hairs on your human legs stand on end.
As a primitive, weโll use this to mean turtle (visualize from above).
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