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auspice
auspice
noun
Definition of AUSPICE
1
auspices pl the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking <a program for inner-city youths that is under the auspices of a national corporation>
Related Words bankrolling, endowment, financing, funding, subsidy; encouragement, fosterage; aid, assistance, help
2
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event <interpreted the teacher's smile as an auspice that he would get an A on his presentation>
Related Words forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor; foretaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestion; forewarning; forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy); badge, mark, note, token; divination
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