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por·tend  (pôr-tnd, pr-)

tr.v. por·tend·ed, por·tend·ing, por·tends

1. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm.

2. To indicate by prediction; forecast: leading economic indicators that portend a recession.

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[Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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portend [pɔːˈtɛnd]

vb (tr)

1. to give warning of; predict or foreshadow

2. Obsolete to indicate or signify; mean

[from Latin portendere to indicate, foretell; related to prōtendere to stretch out]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

portend - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens" bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

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portend

verb foretell, promise, threaten, indicate, predict, point to, herald, warn of, omen, bode, foreshadow, bespeak, augur, harbinger, presage, forewarn, betoken, prognosticate, adumbrate, foretoken, vaticinate (rare) Comets, in Western tradition, always portend doom and gloom.

Translations

portend [pɔːˈtend] VT (liter) → augurar, presagiar
what does this portend? → ¿qué significa esto?

portend [pɔː^rˈtɛnd] vt → présager, annoncer

portend

vt (form) → bedeuten, hindeuten auf (+acc); what does this portend? → was hat das zu bedeuten?

portend [pɔːˈtɛnd] vt (frm) → far presagire

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portend [pɔːˈtɛnd] vt (frm) → far presagire