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Meanings of portend in English

Portuguese
prognosticar
Catalan
augurar
Spanish
predecir

Indicate by signs.

prognosticar
Usage of portend in English
1
The following are a few of the accidental omens that portend ill:
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
2
None of these qualities would seem to portend the frenzy to come.
The botany of desire: a plant's-eye view of the world
3
Take it, then, and perform what thy birds portend can be done.
Roman History, Books I-III
4
All this made him uncomfortable, and seemed to portend a possible discord.
Roderick Hudson
5
Atlee watched her, by no means certain what her gesture might portend.
Lord Kilgobbin
6
Strangers in Gallery rubbed their eyes and asked what this might portend?
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914
7
What did all this portend, unless that the Mandarin Quong was dead?
Tales of Chinatown
8
Loss to follow-up is believed to introduce biases and portend poor outcomes.
Pubmed
9
Background: Anemia is prevalent in heart failure, and may portend poor outcomes.
Pubmed
10
Even very serious misconduct by young adults does not portend adult criminal behavior.
Ebony
11
And it certainly did not portend the events at Sandwich over the weekend.
The Guardian
12
Neither of the two books portend much of the coup's consequences.
The South African
13
In this setting, deranged PTH levels portend an adjunctive risk of worsen outcomes.
Pubmed
14
Other people think that they portend the return of John Uskglass.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
15
What kind of future does this portend for Jeff and me?
You say tomato, I say shut up
16
Working under Woody Johnson would seem to portend well for Ryan.
Reuters
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Translations for portend
Spanish
predecir
Portend through the time
Portend across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common