portend (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *portend*:
VERB	communication	portend, bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict	indicate by signs

portend > pronunciation
Sounds	paorteh'nd
Rhymes	amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd...

English > *portend*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	Indicate by signs.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
Narrower	foreshow	foretell by divine inspiration
Narrower	threaten	To be a menacing indication of something
Broader	bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal	Be a signal for or a symptom of
Spanish	agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar
Nouns	portent	a sign of something about to happen

HyperDic: portend