Definition of "portended" [portended]

• Simple past tense and past participle of portend. (verb)

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• "He had no idea what the horn calls portended, what doom might"
• "He had no idea what the horn calls portended, what doom might be about to fall."
• "I think the most important thing to consider about the H-N bombings is not that they portended the potential end of the world, but that once we used them we have never used them again."