Portend - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pɔːrˈtend|
Brit.
|pɔːˈtend|
verb
- indicate, as with a sign or an omen (syn: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate)
Extra examples
The distant thunder portended a storm.
If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.
Everything portended an early renewal of the conflict.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: portend
he/she/it: portends
present participle: portending
past tense: portended
past participle: portended
I/you/we/they: portend
he/she/it: portends
present participle: portending
past tense: portended
past participle: portended
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