presignifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of presignify
as in portends

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for presignifies
  1. portends
  2. indicates
  3. foresees
  4. foreshadows
  5. implies
  6. warns
  7. anticipates
  8. prefigures
Verb
  • Chairman Kevin Warsh has talked tough on inflation and his creation of task forces to study how the Fed operates seems a measured approach, but portends inaction.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • For millions of individuals and businesses who rely on professional preparers, the answer portends a frightening prospect if the return preparer is dishonest.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of portends
Verb
  • However, the website indicates that Abarca would focus on funding fixes and upgrades to existing roads and bridges before branching out into creating new transit routes.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • As healthcare billing often entails sensitive patient and medical data, this is a critical event that indicates a broader and ongoing trend across the industry.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of indicates
Verb
  • Every father hopes for a better life for their children, but no parent foresees their child living in a warzone.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Head coach Mike Vrabel foresees the Patriots making a move to add at the position coming out of minicamp.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of foresees
Verb
  • This also foreshadows the difficult reality that our talent model must evolve in tandem.
    — Rachel Proffitt, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • Earlier poem-scrolls appear here, too, written in a style that foreshadows the graffiti Wong would come to love decades later.
    — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Definition of foreshadows
Verb
  • The outlook implies 97% y/y spend growth at midpoint, vs our & cons.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 30 July 2026
  • The subtitle of the newest Spider-Man movie, Brand New Day, implies a grand reset.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of implies
Verb
  • However, the article warns against equating token consumption with productivity or business value.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Heat at this level will affect anyone without access to cooling and hydration, the National Weather Service warns.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • D’Avignon anticipates there won’t be DNA present in at least some of the cases the task force investigates.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 July 2026
  • Wall Street anticipates quarterly spending to ramp up to roughly $45 billion, a nearly 26% increase over the previous quarter, as Alphabet has joined its mega-cap competitors in a broader build-up of AI infrastructure over the last year.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of anticipates
Verb
  • The Kamm tail, with its upturned spoiler and flat panel adorned with Ferrari’s signature twin round taillights, is a nod to aerodynamics that prefigures the shape of the Lusso’s spiritual successor, the 275 GTB.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Tragedy strikes many times in this decades-spanning story, in many forms, but the defining event of Grainier’s life sees his home burned to the ground, an event that eerily prefigures the LA fires of early 2025.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of prefigures
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