Definition of "portend" [por•tend]

• To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm. (verb-transitive)
• To indicate by prediction; forecast: leading economic indicators that portend a recession. (verb-transitive)

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• "What these stories portend is a pattern of naturalistic thought that permeates the greater part of all of Jack London's writing after 1902."
• "Wonder if he thinks 'portend' means 'feel very good'."
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