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
  • 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
  • This seemingly portends a trade somewhere down the line, but for now, the Thunder capitalized on a talent tier drop-off ahead of the next group of players.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Definition of portends
Verb
  • South Florida, on the other hand, is only at alert level one, which indicates that bleaching is expected.
    — Alex Harris July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Most, though not all, virus experts think the best evidence indicates the virus jumped from bats to other animals, and then to humans at a Wuhan market.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 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
  • His new price target implies roughly 23% upside from Alphabet's closing price on Wednesday.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • As their name implies, these highly specialized vessels are designed specifically to transport supplies to and from oil rigs and wind farms at sea.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
Definition of implies
Verb
  • Drawing parallels to early climate risk analysis, Just Capital CEO Martin Whittaker warns investors must urgently address AI's economic impact within 1-2 years, unlike the decades taken for climate change.
    — Martin Whittaker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Later, in Capital, Marx warns that soil depletion caused by the heedless exploitation of nature would threaten the physical foundation of society itself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 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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