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- pronunciation:
- por
tend
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
portends, portending, portended |
| definition 1: |
to serve as a sign or warning of; bode.
The outbreak of war portends great hardship for the nation.- synonyms:
- augur, betoken, bode, forebode, foretell, foretoken, presage, prognosticate
- similar words:
- forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, forewarn, harbinger, omen, prefigure, promise, prophesy, signal, signify, threaten, warn
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| definition 2: |
to indicate or mean.
- synonyms:
- bespeak, denote, indicate
- similar words:
- betoken, import, mean, signal, signify
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| related words: |
herald |
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