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portend

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﹒To be a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

﹒To serve as an omen or predictive indication of a future event.

Examples

﹒The dark clouds gathering on the horizon portend a severe storm later this evening.

﹒Many economists believe that the sudden drop in stock prices may portend a looming recession.

﹒The strange silence in the forest seemed to portend some kind of impending danger.

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