betokened
past simple and past 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
Examplesofbetokened
betokened
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Indeed, the invocation of printed musical sources by theoristsbetokenedan irreversible change in the interplay of music theory, practice, printed repertories, and communities of readers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Perhaps a more vigorous approach could bebetokenedby the production of the 1978 annual report, which is well overdue.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What they did not know and could not know until long after the plant was closed was what thisbetokenedfor their health.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I say once more that the debate as a whole hasbetokenedthe right spirit for handling a matter of this kind.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was a very human approach, full of a warm sympathy, delivered with the confidence thatbetokenednot a maiden speech but many years of practised public speaking.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But at the same time he knew that itbetokenedthe end for him.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of the tender-skinned friends were on the point of losing dignity, and the atmospherebetokeneda storm.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The walls were adorned by appropriate mottoes, even unique representations of the bridal ceremony had been devised, and everythingbetokenedthe happy understanding existing there between labor and capital.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Neele was described as short of stature and of appearance rather humble and unprepossessing, but his large expanse of forehead and the fire of his eyebetokenedmind and imagination.
FromThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
- non-emergency
- non-emergency
- non-emergency situation
- non-emotional
- non-emotional
- non-emphatic
- non-emphatic
- non-empirical
- non-empirical
- non-employee
- non-employee
- non-employment
- non-employment
- non-empty
- non-empty
- non-ending
- non-ending
- non-energy
- non-energy
- non-enforcement
- non-enforcement
- non-engagement
- non-engagement
- non-engineering
- non-engineering