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Word | Portend |
German Meaning | bedeuten, hindeuten auf, deuten, hindeuten |
indicate by signs; These signs bode bad news / To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future / foretell; presage / be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. / to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen, | |
Usage | ⇒ This could portend a change of government policy ⇒ The king did not know what these omens might portend and asked his soothsayers to interpret them. ⇒ The distant thunder portended a storm. ⇒ the eclipses portend some major events ⇒ give notice of a strike |
Synonyms | augur, foreshadow, presage, bode, predict, foretell, betoken, forebode, herald, prognosticate, forecast, omen, promise, prophesy, foretoken, announce, forewarn, prefigure, threaten, adumbrate, |
Antonyms | fair, promising, Oblivious, approachable, contraindicate, mumble, |
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