Usually means: Indicating the likelihood of something.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word portending:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. portending: Merriam-Webster
  2. portending: Collins English Dictionary
  3. portending: Vocabulary.com
  4. Portending, portending: Wordnik
  5. portending: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. portending: Wiktionary
  7. Portending, portending: Dictionary.com
  8. portending: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Portending: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Portending: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. portending: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. portending: FreeDictionary.org
  13. portending: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. portending: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (portend)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To signify; to denote.
▸ Also see portend


Opposite:
retrospective, posterior, afterthought

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Opposite:
retrospective, posterior, afterthought




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