Meaning & use
Portends
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Is a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.
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A sudden drop in the market often portends a broader downturn.
Dark clouds gathering on the horizon portend a storm.
A note on using this word
Third-person singular present tense of 'portend', from Latin 'portendere', to foretell.
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