Synonyms for portend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pawr-tend, pohr-

Phonetic Transcription : pɔrˈtɛnd, poʊr-

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Définition of portend

Origin : early 15c., from Latin portendere "foretell, reveal; point out, indicate," originally "to stretch forward," from por- (variant of pro-; see pro-) "forth, forward" + tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tenet). Related: Portended; portending.

verb foreshadow, indicate

Example sentences :

It was one of those mornings in summer which portend a thunderstorm and great heat.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

What could it portend but that the effects of the poison were passing off and that she was recovering?
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

Atlee watched her, by no means certain what her gesture might portend.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

A plan was devised to find out what this extravagance of candle might portend.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

What did it portend that Mrs. Stannard should have cut Mr. Gleason dead?
Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

Strangers in Gallery rubbed their eyes and asked what this might portend?
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 » by Various

I beheld with sorrow the signs which now seemed to portend suffering and disaster.
Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware

Still, it might have been, and the dead silence might portend an ambush by the enemy.
Extract from : « Army Boys on the Firing Line » by Homer Randall

But whatever the riddle might portend it could await construction.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

What have I seen, and what do the events of this night portend?
Extract from : « The Old Stone House and Other Stories » by Anna Katharine Green

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