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Verb [English]

IPA: /pɔːˈtɛnd/ [UK], /pɔɹˈtɛnd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-portend.wav Forms: portends [present, singular, third-person], portending [participle, present], portended [participle, past], portended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: Borrowed from Latin portendere (“to foretell”), from por- (“forward”) + tendere (“to stretch”), present active infinitive of tendo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*tend-|id1=before|id2=stretch}}, {{bor|en|la|portendere||to foretell}} Latin portendere (“to foretell”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} portend (third-person singular simple present portends, present participle portending, simple past and past participle portended)
  1. (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of. Tags: transitive Translations (to serve as a warning or omen): أَنْذَرَ (ʔanḏara) (Arabic), կանխագուշակել (kanxagušakel) (Armenian), նախագուշակել (naxagušakel) (Armenian), գուշակել (gušakel) (Armenian), вещая (veštaja) (Bulgarian), предвещавам (predveštavam) (Bulgarian), presagiar (Catalan), anunciar (Catalan), hlásat (Czech), věstit (Czech), aankondigen (Dutch), tietää (Finnish), annoncer (French), présager (French), ankündigen (German), vorbedeuten (German), vorhersagen (German), προμηνύω (prominýo) (Greek), προαναγγέλω (proanangélo) (Greek), preannunciare (Italian), presagire (Italian), portendō (Latin), pressagiar (Portuguese), предвеща́ть (predveščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), navijestiti (Serbo-Croatian), presagiar (Spanish), varsla (Swedish), önceden belirtmek (Turkish), önceden haber vermek (Turkish)
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  2. (transitive) To signify; to denote. Tags: transitive Translations (to signify): նախանշան լինել (naxanšan linel) (Armenian), означавам (označavam) (Bulgarian), být předzvěstí (varovnou) (Czech), merkitä (Finnish), deuten (German), hindeuten (German), hinweisen (German), bedeuten (German), προμηνύω (prominýo) (Greek), προαναγγέλω (proanangélo) (Greek), предзнамено́вывать (predznamenóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предзнаменова́ть (predznamenovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), naznačiti (Serbo-Croatian), significar (Spanish), båda (Swedish), alâmet olmak (Turkish), delâlet etmek (Turkish), (kötüye) işâret olmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-portend-en-verb-OLsu7Auu Disambiguation of 'to signify': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: foreshadow, presage Derived forms: portender, portention, portendment Related terms: portent, portentive, portentous, harbinger

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:",
          "text": "A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,",
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          "word": "anunciar"
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          "word": "hlásat"
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          "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
          "word": "tietää"
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          "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
          "word": "annoncer"
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          "text": "Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.",
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          "ref": "1982 April 10, Jane Barnes, “Terror and Hope”, in Gay Community News, page 10:",
          "text": "How alive these poems are with the visual specifics of what he so closely observes, how full of elegance, terror and hope. They portend a poet of major craft, of deep feeling, and of fine intelligence.",
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          "ref": "2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06:",
          "text": "When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.",
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          "word": "προμηνύω"
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          "sense": "to signify",
          "word": "προαναγγέλω"
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "portender"
    },
    {
      "word": "portention"
    },
    {
      "word": "portendment"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "*tend-",
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        "3": "portendere",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to foretell"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "portending",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "portent"
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    {
      "word": "portentive"
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    {
      "word": "portentous"
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    {
      "word": "harbinger"
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4:",
          "text": "A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To serve as a warning or omen of."
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        [
          "warning",
          "warning"
        ],
        [
          "omen",
          "omen"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982 April 10, Jane Barnes, “Terror and Hope”, in Gay Community News, page 10:",
          "text": "How alive these poems are with the visual specifics of what he so closely observes, how full of elegance, terror and hope. They portend a poet of major craft, of deep feeling, and of fine intelligence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-08-06:",
          "text": "When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To signify; to denote."
      ],
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        [
          "denote",
          "denote"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To signify; to denote."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔːˈtɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɔɹˈtɛnd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "foreshadow"
    },
    {
      "word": "presage"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔanḏara",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "أَنْذَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kanxagušakel",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "կանխագուշակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxagušakel",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "նախագուշակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gušakel",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "գուշակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "veštaja",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "вещая"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predveštavam",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "предвещавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "presagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "anunciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "hlásat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "věstit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "aankondigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "tietää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "annoncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "présager"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "ankündigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "vorbedeuten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "vorhersagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prominýo",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "προμηνύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proanangélo",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "προαναγγέλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "preannunciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "presagire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "portendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "pressagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predveščátʹ",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предвеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "navijestiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "presagiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to serve as a warning or omen",
      "word": "varsla"
    },
    {
      "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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