portends in English

verb

1

be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.

the eclipses portend some major events

synonyms: presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be a sign, warn, be an omen, indicate, herald, signal, bode, promise, threaten, signify, spell, denote, betoken, foretoken, forebode

verb

• presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be a sign, warn, be an omen, indicate, herald, signal, bode, promise, threaten, signify, spell, denote, betoken, foretoken, forebode
• prognosticate, betoken, omen, forecast, foretell, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

Use "portends" in a sentence

1. A Breakdown is a downward move in a security's price, usually through an identified level of support, that portends further declines

2. He who knows how to find out what each of them means or portends deserves the title of a clever adept and of a master in this art .

3. Bats in Belfries and Other Places ; Folklore about bats in buildings most often portends doom— a reflection, perhaps, on the way many cultures have viewed bats through the centuries