portend – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
portend
v.
foretell, foreshadow (esp. a bad event); serve as a warning sign, be a sign of something that will happen; (Archaic) indicate, signify
Omen
An
omen (also called
portent or
presage) is a
phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. People in the ancient times believed that omens lie with a divine message from their gods.
Omen (disambiguation)
An
omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change.
portend
Verb
1. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
(synonym) bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
(hypernym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
(hyponym) threaten
(derivation) omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
Portend
(v. t.)
To stretch out before.
(v. t.)
To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
portend
Synonyms and related words:
adumbrate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, croak, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn, give advance notice, have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace, omen, preapprehend, precaution, predict, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, tell in advance, threaten, vaticinate, warn
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
