Augury
['ɔːgjʊrɪ] or ['ɔɡjʊri]
Definition
(noun.) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; 'he hoped it was an augury'; 'it was a sign from God'.
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Definition
(n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
(n.) An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
(n.) A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Prognostication, prognostic, prediction, prophecy, vaticination.[2]. Omen, sign, auspice, portent, presage, prognostic, precursor, forerunner, harbinger, herald.
Editor: Orville
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prophecy, prediction, divination, conjecture, omen, prognostication
ANT:Experience, science, observation
Typist: Tabitha
Examples
- The magistrate observed me with a keen eye, and of course drew an unfavourable augury from my manner. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Good augury should this festival be of the happiness of future years. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She desired to express her fears to her son, and to seek consolation from his sympathy with, or courage from his rejection of, her auguries. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Xenia