AUGURING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future it's a good thing that people don't remember the tabloid's augurings a year later, since very few come to pass

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verb

present participle of augur

as in promising

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

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as in predicting

to tell of or describe beforehand the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

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Recent Examples of auguring

Noun

In the distance, the dormant Volcán de Agua looms, a ring of wispy clouds around its peak auguring afternoon rain. — Michaela Trimble, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2021

Verb

Millar, however, noted that a gauge of wholesale costs rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, auguring a further rise in consumer prices. — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Rainfall predictions for this weekend for the southeast and windward sides of the Big Island were 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters), with as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) in isolated areas, Oswant said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Ossoff has climbed sharply in prediction markets since the spring, with his chances of capturing the Democratic nomination roughly tripling and moving him into the same conversation as Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez.

— Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of prediction

Verb

First Up Shares of Moderna retreated by nearly 24% Thursday on the heels of their record-setting 176% stock surge, which was prompted by promising news of their personalized cancer vaccine.

— Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Now, Moderna cofounder Robert Langer has re-entered the billionaires club following promising cancer vaccine trials that sent the company’s stock soaring.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of promising

Verb

Coming off a season in which the Group of 5 sent two teams to the College Football Playoff, predicting what will happen in 2026 is more difficult than ever.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Analysts who spoke to ABC News acknowledged the difficulty in predicting when the most severe effects of the ballooning debt may materialize but warned that regardless of the answer, the current trajectory is unsustainable.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of predicting

Noun

The future of payments will increasingly involve continuous processing with maximum visibility and forecasting potential.

— Dr. Saheer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Organizations invest heavily in analytics environments that generate attractive visualizations and forecasting outputs, but those insights never become embedded into day-to-day operations.

— George Ninikas, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Verb

Start a new job as a news reporter Monday and so won't be writing in too often but will still be reading along.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
The pair co-authored their book ‘Money and Love’ in 2023, which is now required course reading at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of reading

Noun

Unsettled weather returns to the forecast Wednesday, with a chance of showers and storms.

— Rachael Jay, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
But banks including Barclays, ING, and Goldman Sachs forecast rates would stay unchanged at least through this year; traders are betting on an 80% likelihood of a hike over the next year.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecast

Noun

This mindset may even be beneficial; having negative ideas about aging is linked to worse health outcomes, almost like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Richard Sima, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
As well as this, there had already been the prophecy about his martyrdom being something cruel and slow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prophecy

Noun

Private equity’s growing interest in sports teams is another sign of the buying boom, said Irwin Kirshner, the head of the sports law group at the law firm Herrick Feinstein.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
In hindsight, that was a sign of having lived in the bubble of NYC cinephile culture for 20 years by that time.

— José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026

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