AUGURING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

auguring 1 of 2

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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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

The group’s predictions are nightmarish and agonizing to even contemplate.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Jason Trost Smarkets founder The first choice, though, would be for Smarkets to run as a prediction markets exchange regulated under the CFTC, Trost said.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of prediction

Verb

Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Less than 48 hours later, the district approved a tentative contract with the teachers union, promising double-digit wage increases for educators over the next two years.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of promising

Verb

Historians are generally better off interpreting the past than predicting the future.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
From technological upheavals to an increasingly frenetic global trend cycle, industry leaders are constantly tasked with predicting what comes next — which is no small feat in 2026.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of predicting

Noun

Finally, the steel industry is rapidly adopting AI to revolutionize production, improving process control, safety, demand forecasting, and logistics, including robotic inspections.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The technologies that shape modern life, from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to cancer therapies and cellular communications, all rely on scientific discovery.

— H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Verb

Add a table lamp, a vase of fresh flowers, and a saucer plate that matches your favorite coffee mug to sip your morning brew or a cup of hot tea for reading on weekend afternoons.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2026
Most of my feminist education at the beginning was just reading literature by smart women.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of reading

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

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