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Definitions for Portend
[1] to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
[2] to signify; mean.
[3] to give warning of; predict or foreshadow
[4] obsolete to indicate or signify; mean
Words related to Portend
predict, augur, foretell, presage, bespeak, harbinger, omen, hint, read, prophesy, betoken, adumbrate, forecast, herald, forebode, call, promise, prognosticate, threaten, forewarn
Words nearby Portend
portative, portative organ, portcullis, porte, porte-cochere, portend, portent, portentous, porter, porter chair, porter's sign
Origin of Portend
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin portendere to point out, indicate, portend, variant of prōtendere to extend. See pro-1, tend1
Words that may be confused with Portend
portend, pretend, (see, synonym, study, at, pretend)
Other words from Portend
un·por·tend·ed , adjective
Word origin for Portend
C15: from Latin portendere to indicate, foretell; related to prōtendere to stretch out
Synonyms for Portend
augur, bespeak, foretell, predict, presage, adumbrate, betoken, bode, call, forebode, forecast, foreshow, forewarn, harbinger, herald, hint, omen, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, read, threaten, be in the cards, crystal-ball, foretoken, have a hunch, point to, premonish, see coming, warn of