augury
pronunciation
How to pronounce augury in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:gjʊri]
How to pronounce augury in American English:
US [ˈɔɡjəri]
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- Noun:
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
Word Origin
- augury (n.)
- late 14c., "divination from the flight of birds," from Old French augure "divination, soothsaying, sorcery, enchantment," or directly from Latin augurium "divination, the observation and interpretation of omens" (see augur). Figurative sense of "omen, portent, indication" is from 1797 (also often in plural as auguries).
Example
- 1. What 's the result of augury ?
- 2. His remarkable recovery defied all medical augury .
- 3. These sales figures are a good augury for another profitable year .
- 4. Was the ceremony beautiful ? The augury is good ?
- 5. It is also perhaps a favourable augury for the next chapter in the province 's history .