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[US]/bɪˈtəʊkən/
[UK]/bɪˈtoʊkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. indicate; signify.
Word Forms
Past Participlebetokened
Third Person Singularbetokens
Past Tensebetokened
Present Participlebetokening
Pluralbetokens

Example Sentences

Dark clouds betoken a storm.

He gave her a gift to betoken his gratitude.

the falling comet betokened the true end of Merlin's powers.

melting snows that betoken spring floods;

she wondered his cold, level gaze betokened indifference or anger.

Dark clouds betoken an approaching storm.

His nervousness betokened his lack of confidence.

A sudden drop in temperature betokens the arrival of winter.

Her silence betokened her disapproval.

The old man's trembling hands betokened his age.

The dark circles under her eyes betokened her lack of sleep.

The broken window betokened a break-in.

The red sky at night betokened good weather for the next day.

His refusal to make eye contact betokened his guilt.

The loud noises betokened the start of the parade.

Real-world Examples

This sudden abandonment of their homes betokened some secret purpose, yet to be fulfilled.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 6

Adele's handiwork was simpler, cruder, but there it was, betokening the same passion, the same obsession.

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

A light boyish step, and a gay tune in a high key, betokened a visit from Grandfer Cantle.

Source: Returning Home

Dear Mr. Worthing, I trust this garb of woe does not betoken some terrible calamity?

Source: Not to be taken lightly.

" What, what, " he thought, " can this betoken" ?

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

A low roar betokened that he was ready.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 2)

The straight lines of his eyebrows betokened the impossibility of any sympathy.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

Seminarists have a special way, even of eating a poached egg, which betokens progress in the devout life.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

The average cloudiness only about .08, and there is no sighing in the woods to betoken a big weather change.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

His step was elastic, and his face betokened inward pleasantry, as he advanced to Mr. Bumble, and shook him cordially by the hand.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

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