portend

portend

foreshadow as an omen; signify; foretell; forecast; forebode: The skies portend a possible hurricane.
Not to be confused with:pretend – make believe; deceive; feign: pretend surprise; simulate, fake, sham, counterfeit; assume: pretend a title

por·tend

P0455700 (pôr-tĕnd′)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.]

portend

(pɔːˈtɛnd) vb (tr) 1. to give warning of; predict or foreshadow2. obsolete to indicate or signify; mean[C15: from Latin portendere to indicate, foretell; related to prōtendere to stretch out]

por•tend

(pɔrˈtɛnd, poʊr-)

v.t. 1. to indicate in advance, as an omen does; foreshadow or presage. 2. to signify; mean. [1400–50; < Latin portendere=por- forth, forward + tendere to stretch]

portend

Past participle: portended
Gerund: portending

Imperative
portend
portend

Present
I portend
you portend
he/she/it portends
we portend
you portend
they portend

Preterite
I portended
you portended
he/she/it portended
we portended
you portended
they portended

Present Continuous
I am portending
you are portending
he/she/it is portending
we are portending
you are portending
they are portending

Present Perfect
I have portended
you have portended
he/she/it has portended
we have portended
you have portended
they have portended

Past Continuous
I was portending
you were portending
he/she/it was portending
we were portending
you were portending
they were portending

Past Perfect
I had portended
you had portended
he/she/it had portended
we had portended
you had portended
they had portended

Future
I will portend
you will portend
he/she/it will portend
we will portend
you will portend
they will portend

Future Perfect
I will have portended
you will have portended
he/she/it will have portended
we will have portended
you will have portended
they will have portended

Future Continuous
I will be portending
you will be portending
he/she/it will be portending
we will be portending
you will be portending
they will be portending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been portending
you have been portending
he/she/it has been portending
we have been portending
you have been portending
they have been portending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been portending
you will have been portending
he/she/it will have been portending
we will have been portending
you will have been portending
they will have been portending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been portending
you had been portending
he/she/it had been portending
we had been portending
you had been portending
they had been portending

Conditional
I would portend
you would portend
he/she/it would portend
we would portend
you would portend
they would portend

Past Conditional
I would have portended
you would have portended
he/she/it would have portended
we would have portended
you would have portended
they would have portended

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

portend - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretellthreaten - 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

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.

portend

verbTo give an indication of something in advance:adumbrate, augur, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, prefigure, presage, prognosticate.

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