How do you pronounce portend?

portend is pronounced as /pɔːrˈtɛnd/.

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portend

🌩️portend (pɔːrˈtɛnd)

verb

/pɔːrˈtɛnd/

présager (présager)

Port portent

Signification

To be a sign or warning that something, especially something bad, is going to happen.

Traduction de la signification

Être un signe ou un avertissement qu'une chose, surtout une mauvaise, va se produire.

Phrases d'exemple

Dark clouds portend a storm.

Les nuages sombres présagent une tempête.

Synonymes

foreshadow, predict, signify, foretell, indicate

Antonymes

ignore, overlook

Collocations

portend disaster, portend change, portend danger, portend crisis

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