augury
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.au·gu·ry
noun \ˈȯ-gyə-rē, -gə-\ plural au·gu·ries
Definition of AUGURY
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: divination from auspices or omens; also : an instance of this
See Examples of AUGURY
- <a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed>
- <some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck>
First Known Use of AUGURY
14th century
Related to AUGURY
- Synonyms
- auguring, prediction, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination
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