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portend

/pɔːˈtɛnd

verb [with object]

Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen: the eclipses portend some major events...

In this issue, our cover story looks at CEOs in danger - and the warning signs that portend trouble.
But perhaps the dreadful birth defects and mutated plants are not evidence at all, but signs and wonders portending some great event.
Asian markets had come under heavy selling on Monday as investors portended a calamitous fall in the U.S. markets when they reopened after a four-day suspension.

Synonyms

presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy;

be a sign of, be a warning of, warn of, be an omen of, be an indication of, be a harbinger of;

indicate, herald, signal, bode, announce, promise, threaten, point to, mean, signify, spell, denote

literary betoken, foretoken, forebode, harbinger

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin portendere, based on pro- 'forth' + tendere 'stretch'.

单词	portend
释义	portend /pɔːˈtɛnd / verb [with object] Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen: the eclipses portend some major events... In this issue, our cover story looks at CEOs in danger - and the warning signs that portend trouble. But perhaps the dreadful birth defects and mutated plants are not evidence at all, but signs and wonders portending some great event. Asian markets had come under heavy selling on Monday as investors portended a calamitous fall in the U.S. markets when they reopened after a four-day suspension. Synonyms presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy; be a sign of, be a warning of, warn of, be an omen of, be an indication of, be a harbinger of; indicate, herald, signal, bode, announce, promise, threaten, point to, mean, signify, spell, denote literary betoken, foretoken, forebode, harbinger Origin Late Middle English: from Latin portendere, based on pro- 'forth' + tendere 'stretch'. Rhymes amend, append, apprehend, ascend, attend, befriend, bend, blend, blende, commend, comprehend, condescend, contend, defriend, depend, emend, end, expend, extend, fend, forfend, friend, impend, interdepend, lend, mend, misapprehend, misspend, offend, on-trend, Oostende, Ostend, perpend, rend, reprehend, scrag-end, send, spend, subtend, suspend, tail end, tend, transcend, trend, underspend, unfriend, upend, vend, weekend, wend
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