portends

 [pawr-tend, pohr-]  

por·tend

   [pawr-tend, pohr-]
verb (used with object)
1.
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
2.
to signify; mean.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin portendere to point out, indicate, portend, variant of prōtendere to extend. See pro-1, tend1

Related forms
un·por·tend·ed, adjective

Can be confused: portend, pretend (see synonym note at pretend).

Synonyms
1. foretell, forecast, augur, promise, forebode.

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