单词 | portend |
释义 | por·tend (pôr-tĕnd) tr.v. por·tend·ed, por·tend·ing, por·tends 1. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm. 2. To indicate by prediction; forecast: leading economic indicators that portend a recession. [Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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