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portend portend /pɔːˈtend/ aep /pɔːr-/ verb [T] FORMAL ↑Verb Endings for portend ► F0 to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future: » It was a deeply superstitious country, where earthquakes were commonly believed to portend the end of dynasties.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitionportent /ˈpɔː.tent/ aep /ˈpɔːr-/ noun [C] ► F0» Is it true that cows lying down in a field are a portent of rain?Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuition |