portend

tr.v., -tend·ed, -tend·ing, -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.

[Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere.]

(por-TEND)

verb tr.
1. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage.
2. To indicate by prediction; forecast.

Etymology
Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere.

Usage
"The film's greatest problem is the assumption that the millennium portends extraordinary events." — James Murray, Happy New Apocalypse, The Australian, 16 Dec 1999.

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verb

To give an indication of something in advance: adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, prefigure, presage, prognosticate. See foresight, show/hide.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: indicate by signs
  Synonyms: bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - varsle, bebude

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbeduiden, voortekenen geven, voorspellen, pompeus zijn

Français (French)
v. tr. - présager

Deutsch (German)
v. - hindeuten auf

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προμηνύω, προοιωνίζομαι

Italiano (Italian)
presagire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - prognosticar

Русский (Russian)
предвещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - augurar, presagiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förebåda, varsla om

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预示, 预先警告, 表示, 意味着

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預示, 預先警告, 表示, 意味著

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 전조가 있다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 前兆となる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينذر, يبشر بكذا, يتنبأ, يدل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היווה אות ל-, בישר, הזהיר‬

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