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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
     to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
     + tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
     1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
        foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
        unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To stretch out before. [R.] ``Doomed to feel the great
        Idomeneus' portended steel.'' --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
          presage; foreshadow; threaten.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Portend \Por*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Portended; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell,
     to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp.
     + tendere to stretch. See Position, Tend.]
     1. To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to
        foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of
        unpropitious signs. --Bacon.
  
              Many signs portended a dark and stormy day.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. To stretch out before. [R.] ``Doomed to feel the great
        Idomeneus' portended steel.'' --Pope.
  
     Syn: To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; augur;
          presage; foreshadow; threaten.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  portend
       v : indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
            auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken,
            foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast,
            predict]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  portend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To signify; to denote.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  portend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To signify; to denote.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  portend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To signify; to denote.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  portend
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
     2 (lb en transitive) To signify; to denote.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  portend
     Englanti vb.
     enteillä, ennustaa, olla pahana enne

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Portend /pɔːtˈɛnd/
  تنبّأ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  portend //pɔɹˈtɛnd// //pɔːˈtɛnd// 
  1. вещая, предвещавам
  to serve as a warning or omen
  2. означавам
  to signify

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  portend /pɔːtˈɛnd/ 
  věštit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  portend //pɔɹˈtɛnd// //pɔːˈtɛnd// 
  1. tietää
  to serve as a warning or omen
  2. merkitä
  to signify

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  portend /pɔːtˈɛnd/ 
  1. पूर्वाभास या पूर्वसूचना देना
        "This could portend a change of government policy."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  portend /pɔːtˈɛnd/
  naslutiti, predskazati, značiti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  portend /pɔ:ˈtend/ 
    zwiastować, wróżyć

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  portend /pɔːtˈɛnd/
  1. önceden belirtmek veya haber vermek (özellikle kötü olayı)

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/pɔɹˈtɛnd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "portend":
     adumbrate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, croak, forebode,
     forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn,
     give advance notice, have a premonition, have a presentiment,
     look black, lower, menace, omen, preapprehend, precaution, predict,
     premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate, promise,
     prophesy, tell in advance, threaten, vaticinate, warn

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  v. 成为...的前兆,预知,给与...的警告;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     vt. 成为…的前兆,预知,给与…的警告

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