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portend

[ pawr-tend, pohr- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does:

    The street incident may portend a general uprising.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. to signify; mean.


portend

/ ±èÉ”Ëˈ³ÙÉ›²Ô»å /

verb

  1. to give warning of; predict or foreshadow
  2. obsolete.
    to indicate or signify; mean
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of portend1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin portendere “to point out, indicate, portend,†variant of ±è°ùųٱð²Ô»å±ð°ù±ð “to extendâ€; pro- 1, tend 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of portend1

C15: from Latin portendere to indicate, foretell; related to ±è°ùųٱð²Ô»å±ð°ù±ð to stretch out
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Great players come back from serious knee injuries every season, and she’s just 19, meaning this would probably be merely an interruption in what still portends to be a long and wondrous career.

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The traumatic toll of the fires on the L.A region’s children cannot be underestimated and may portend long-term difficulties, child development experts say.

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While Reid was considered the most left-leaning of MSNBC’s hosts, her departure does not portend a change in direction at the network, which has a tribal following among political progressives.

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The gags were mild and inoffensive, the perfect way to portend the remainder of the show, which felt the same way.

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But for those of us who watched it closely at the time, it was a troubling portend of what turned out to be a full-blown fascist movement.

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