betokening
present participle ofbetoken
betoken
verb[T]
old useuk/bɪˈtəʊ.kən/us/bɪˈtoʊ.kən/tomeansomething or be asignof something
Synonyms
bodeformal
foreshadowformal
portendformal
presageformal
Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
- analogy
- archetypal
- archetypically
- besomeoneall overidiom
- betoken
- genre
- instantiate
- mirror
- Mr
- Mrs
- on-brand
- sum
- summation
- symbolic
- symbolize
- symptomatic
- tantamount
- territory
- token
- translate
Examplesofbetokening
betokening
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Although it is impossible to know for cer tain what constituted the contemporary understandings of these terms, it is unlikely that they were understood asbetokeningsocial contract.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Bradley considers the reasons (a), (b), and (c) to be good reasons to assume the deal was significant (in his sense ofbetokeningpurpose).
From theCambridge English Corpus
The key point is that grants will be new money for mental illness,betokeningthe importance that we attach to that area.
From the
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That thing was done for abetokening, and it passed away.
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