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portend
Overview of verb portend
The verb portend has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -- (indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news")
Antonyms of verb portend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> threaten
=> foreshow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
'Cause To' of verb portend
Derived Forms of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
RELATED TO>(noun) portent#1
=> omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy
Domain of verb portend
Domain Terms of verb portend
Familiarity of verb portend
portend used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb portend
1 sense of portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> mark
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb portend
Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
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Grep of verb portend
portend
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