portend
verb (used with object)
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does.
have portended
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present perfectof portend.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Nothing in Shiffrin’s professional career would have portended such quick, complete, recurring failure on her sport’s biggest stage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
But last year’s departures might have portended a trend for a defense that in 2020 ranked among the NFL’s best under coordinator Brandon Staley, now coach of the Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2021
That might even have portended a future presidential run.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
It should have portended good things for the Rebels’ own vaunted rushing attack.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
Such utterances, if well founded, might well have portended the cessation of further Southern effort in England.
From Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams
