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},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
"word": "önceden belirtmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
"word": "önceden haber vermek"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "naxanšan linel",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "նախանշան լինել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "označavam",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "означавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "být předzvěstí (varovnou)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "merkitä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "deuten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "hindeuten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "hinweisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "bedeuten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prominýo",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "προμηνύω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proanangélo",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "προαναγγέλω"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predznamenóvyvatʹ",
"sense": "to signify",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предзнамено́вывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predznamenovátʹ",
"sense": "to signify",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "предзнаменова́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "naznačiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "significar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "båda"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "alâmet olmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "delâlet etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to signify",
"word": "(kötüye) işâret olmak"
}
],
"word": "portend"
}
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