portend
verb
[ pɔːˈtɛnd ]
• be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.
• "the eclipses portend some major events"
Similar:
presage,
augur,
foreshadow,
foretell,
prophesy,
be a sign of,
be a warning of,
warn of,
be an omen of,
be an indication of,
be a harbinger of,
indicate,
herald,
signal,
bode,
announce,
promise,
threaten,
point to,
mean,
signify,
spell,
denote,
betoken,
foretoken,
forebode,
harbinger,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin portendere, based on pro- ‘forth’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
