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Etymology
augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
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augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)
- A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
1950 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 549:Fortunately many of the younger men are keen enough to make a success of their work, and this gives a better augury for the future.
- An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
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divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
an omen or prediction; a foreboding
- Bulgarian: предсказание (bg) (predskazanie), предчувствие (bg) (predčuvstvie)
- French: augure (fr) m
- German: Omen (de) n, Vorzeichen (de) n
- Greek: οιωνός (el) m (oionós)
- Italian: augurio (it) m, presagio (it) m, predizione (it) f
- Macedonian: пре́дзнак m (prédznak), претсказа́ние n (pretskazánie)
- Old English: hwatu f
- Ottoman Turkish: اوغور (uğur) (a favorable one)
- Persian: اغر (fa) (oğor), مروا (fa) (morvâ)
- Portuguese: agouro (pt)
- Romanian: augur (ro) n, semn (ro) n, piază (ro) f
- Swedish: förebud (sv) n, järtecken (sv), varsel (sv) n
- Turkish: alâmet (tr), işaret (tr)
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