presignify

verb

Definition of presignifynext
as in to portend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presignify
  1. portend
  2. indicate
  3. divine
  4. foresee
  5. anticipate
  6. betoken
  7. foreshadow
  8. warn
Verb
  • The heart with an arrow through it portended a $39.99 vinyl drop ($57 after tax and shipping).
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Yet that’s not a perfect indicator either, as the survey in February 2024 showed the highest allocation to stocks since November 2021, only to portend last year’s big equity surge.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of portend
Verb
  • Some studies indicate that smoke’s contaminants can effectively bypass the skin barrier altogether.
    Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Executive orders indicate a president’s intention to take swift action without waiting on Congress, but initiating their underlying policies often takes time, experts said — requiring a president’s Cabinet appointments to win confirmation and his administration to settle in first.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of indicate
Verb
  • An interest rate is a singular concept, not a number that a central planner can divine.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Known as the master of mind games, The Amazing Kreskin would perform his favorite mind tricks for his fans — whether correctly guessing a playing card chosen at random, or, most famously, divining where his paycheck had been planted among the audience.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of divine
Verb
  • Correspondent Martha Teichner accompanied Blinken overseas to discuss the Biden administration foreign policy report card, and what Blinken foresees as a new administration takes over.
    David Morgan, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Their comprehensive expertise enabled them to foresee challenges, improvise solutions and harmonize the diverse elements of a structure into cohesive, enduring masterpieces.
    Francesco Iorio, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of foresee
Verb
  • Perhaps Black improvisational music anticipated the prevalence of this haunting anxiety and as a remedy offered the rapture of the wordless vocal, scatted, hummed or screamed.
    Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Stage 5: Leading In this rare air, organizations will anticipate future AI developments and their potential impacts.
    Chris Stegh, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of anticipate
Verb
  • Both the hosting of the Games and the adoption of the euro in 2001 seemed to betoken an unaccustomed self-confidence, optimism and national pride among Greeks.
    Alan Cowell, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The book betokens an acceptance of ever-encroaching mortality.
    Christina Cacouris, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Definition of betoken
Verb
  • Daniel Spoerri’s Crap Chancellery showcases two piles of poop on pedestals that foreshadow today’s emoji fascination.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Audiences may never have a definitive answer, but Chase has made many indications that Tony never made it out of that diner. Were clues about the finale foreshadowed in The Sopranos?
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of foreshadow
Verb
  • Dangerous fire conditions are expected to return next week, the National Weather Service warned.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Top Senate negotiators are privately warning that talks about a spending deal are way behind schedule.
    Hans Nichols, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of warn
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