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to portend
01
to serve as a sign or indication of a future event
Transitive: to portend a future event
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
portend
3rd person singular
portends
Present participle
portending
Past simple
portended
Past participle
portended
Examples
The sudden drop in the stock market portends economic challenges ahead.
Lexical Tree
portend
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