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
  • The disruption of exports of petroleum, fertilizer, and helium has contributed to inflation, portends crop shortfalls, and even threatens computer chip shortages in countries around the world.
    — S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Plain old water could be responsible for making plastics harmful to people, according to a new study that portends significant consequences for human health.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of portends
Verb
  • Historical data indicates that US equities generally perform solidly post election, regardless of which party wins.
    — , CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Open source reporting indicates that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stayed there during a visit on October 14.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of indicates
Verb
  • Fortich foresees a mass exodus of teachers if the supplement isn’t extended.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Our staff foresees a Guardians’ series win, although the White Sox have their supporters among the voters.
    — The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of foresees
Verb
  • On the title track Chen reaches for the psaltery (a kind of zither without frets), creating a meandering, medieval atmosphere whose ubiquitous electronic background buzz foreshadows the biting screams and blistering bass to come.
    — James Gui, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • And the angelic youth Dorian Gray’s deadly descent into vanity and vice—ignited by a hubristic obsession with his own image—eerily foreshadows the grim trajectory of Wilde’s later years.
    — Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreshadows
Verb
  • Indoor/outdoor doormats, as their name implies, have flexible-use designs.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The bank downgraded the semiconductor solutions stock to neutral from buy and lowered its price target to $225 from $400, which still implies 31% upside from Monday’s close.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of implies
Verb
  • Mondragón warns, however, against expecting athletes to communicate politics in exactly the vocabulary that activists or academics might prefer.
    — Francisco Aviles Pino, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Risks of measles to mom and baby The CDC warns that measles infection during pregnancy can lead to complications including pneumonia and death, as well as pregnancy loss, premature delivery, and low birth weight for their babies.
    — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • Professor Shaun Harper, a Beyoncé superfan who designed the course, anticipates criticism that students should be learning practical skills rather than studying a pop star.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • These will include a next generation of landers the agency anticipates needing once humans have started to return to the moon regularly.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 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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