We now understand, the black birds in the painting portend the fate of the painter.
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Portend
//pɔɹˈtɛnd//
Synonyms for "portend" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (25)
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4 entriesderived
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8 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَنْذَرَ verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Armenian
4 entries- գուշակել verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- կանխագուշակել verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- նախագուշակել verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- նախանշան լինել verb (to signify)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вещая verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- означавам verb (to signify)
- предвещавам verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Catalan
2 entries- anunciar verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- presagiar verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Czech
3 entries- být předzvěstí (varovnou) verb (to signify)
- hlásat verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- věstit verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Dutch
1 entries- aankondigen verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Finnish
2 entries- merkitä verb (to signify)
- tietää verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
French
2 entries- annoncer verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- présager verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
German
4 entries- ankündigen verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- bedeuten verb (to signify)
- deuten verb (to signify)
- hindeuten verb (to signify)
Greek
4 entries- προαναγγέλω verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- προαναγγέλω verb (to signify)
- προμηνύω verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- προμηνύω verb (to signify)
Italian
2 entries- preannunciare verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- presagire verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Latin
1 entries- portendō verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Polish
1 entries- oznaczać verb (to signify)
Portuguese
1 entries- pressagiar verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Russian
3 entries- предвеща́ть verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- предзнамено́вывать verb (to signify)
- предзнаменова́ть verb (to signify)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- navijestiti verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- naznačiti verb (to signify)
Spanish
2 entries- presagiar verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
- significar verb (to signify)
Swedish
2 entries- båda verb (to signify)
- varsla verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Turkish
4 entries- (kötüye) işâret olmak verb (to signify)
- alâmet olmak verb (to signify)
- delâlet etmek verb (to signify)
- önceden belirtmek verb (to serve as a warning or omen)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, / Real or allegoric, I discern not; Nor when: eternal sure--as without end,
Source: wiktionary
Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days.
Source: wiktionary
How alive these poems are with the visual specifics of what he so closely observes, how full of elegance, terror and hope. They portend a poet of major craft, of deep feeling, and of fine intelligence.
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