Definition of augury
auguries
1 : divination from auspices (see auspice 3) or omens Ancient augury involved the interpretation of the flight patterns of birds.; also : an instance of this
2 : omen, portent “ … the best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.” — George Eliot
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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
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First sale of the day,’’ said Guna brightly; in India, a day’s first sale is often taken as a bright augury.
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The sufferings of children are probably a damned good augury for our problems as a culture.
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Origin and Etymology of augury
see 1augur
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