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
  • Iran is not the only Middle Eastern country excluded from the emerging security arrangement that Mecca portends.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Balor enjoyed an elusive win over the seven-foot-tall Talla Tonga, which typically portends well for wrestlers looking to get a world title shot.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of portends
Verb
  • Democrats say the flip indicates voters want education to move on from political fights over social issues, while conservatives point to their wins.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The report indicates that Dcoop is now in pole position to secure the takeover of Deoleo, leading the likes of Italian companies Coricelli, Bonifiche Ferraresi and Newlat Food, French firm Lesieur (Avril), and Australia's Cobram Estate Olive.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of indicates
Verb
  • Last month, Semafor reported that Amazon’s sustainability chief foresees a multi-year uptick in the company’s carbon footprint.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of foresees
Verb
  • Back in King’s Landing, Rhaenyra comes to find that her prisoner Helaena has taken her own life but left a parting gift for the queen that foreshadows a potential prophecy of Rhaenyra’s path towards madness.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The piece foreshadows Saar’s penchant for transforming common items into near-mystical objects with seemingly simple flourishes that belie complex themes.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of foreshadows
Verb
  • The end of season 3, in which Nat seems to set their rescue in motion, implies that the show’s ‘90s timeline may soon follow the survivors back in the real world.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
  • News of his death, and its circumstances, has been cloaked in journalistic language that implies suicide, emulating the opacity of suicide itself.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of implies
Verb
  • The film ominously warns of an inevitable solar flare on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event, one that, once unleashed, would reduce all communications networks, the foundations of so much of our modern world then and even more now, to dust.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Brinkley’s May order warns that officers who initiate pursuits solely for minor traffic offenses or ordinance violations without qualifying circumstances or supervisory approval could face disciplinary action.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • Rimpinen competes to get to second chances and anticipates opponents’ passes very well.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Under its new business plan, which aims to operate a 10-event annual schedule, the tour anticipates reaching profitability after three years.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 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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