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Definition: Augury |
AuguryNoun1. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "augury" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Augury \Au"gu*ry\, noun; plural Auguries. [Latin expression aucurium.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Augury means properly the function of an augur (perhaps from avium garritus). St. Pierre says: "The first navigators, when out of sight of land, watched the flight of birds, as indications of the shore, and with no other guidance discovered many new islands." From this custom (he says) arose the practice of consulting birds before entering on any important enterprise. (Studies.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AugurySynonym: sign (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Omen | Noun: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign; (indication); harbinger; (precursor); yule candle. |
Prediction | Noun: prediction, announcement; program, programme; (plan); premonition; (warning); prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration; augury, auguration; ariolation, hariolation; foreboding, aboding; bodement, abodement; omniation, omniousness; auspices, forecast; omen; horoscope, nativity; sooth, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Augury |
| English words defined with "augury": Augural, Auguration, Augurial, Auguries, Augurous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "augury": Acherontian Books ♦ Juniper ♦ Perfume, Priest ♦ Sortes Virgilianae, Swimming ♦ Timber ♦ Wedding, Window. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "augury": Augurous ♦ Propitious. (references) |
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 | Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen. | | Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen. |
| Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
George Eliot | The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. |
Homer | The single best augury is to fight for one's country. |
| Yet with his powers of augury he [Chromis] did not save himself from dark death. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Augury" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Augury" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
augury | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "augury"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | profeci (auspice, prediction, prevision, prophecy, vaticination, weird), ogur (foretoken, omen, portent, prodigy), fall (fortune telling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كهانة, كشف البخت (chiromancy, divination), مكهن, قراءة البخت (divination, soothsaying), تنبؤ (foretelling, harbinger, prediction, prognosis), عرافة (hag, hex, necromancy, witchcraft, wizardry), دلالة (designation, indication, marker, significance), بشير (omen, portent, precursor, presage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гадаене (divination), предчувствие (divination, hunch, precognition, premonition, presage, presentiment, prevision), поличба (auspice, foreboding, omen, portent, prognostic, prognostication, sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìštìní (divination, vaticination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشگوءی (Omen, Oracle, Prediction, Prophecy, Sooth), پیش اگاهی , پیش بینی (Caution, Expectancy, Foresight, Precaution, Prognosis, Prospect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | enne (omen, portent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | augure (augur), présage, prédiction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Weissagung (divination, prediction, prophecy), Prophezeiung (prediction, presage, prophecy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οιωνόσ (auspice, omen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אות לבאות (foretoken, portent, presage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | jövendölés (divining, oracle, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying, vaticination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | augurio (greeting, indication, omen, portent, precursor, presage, sign, wish), presentimento (foreboding, misgiving, presentiment), presagio (foreboding, omen, portent, prediction, presage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 卜 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼくせ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | faaishnys (bodement, forecast, fortune, prediction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | auguryay augúrio (indication, omen, portent, presage), pressentimento (feeling, foreboding, hunch, inkling, misgiving, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment), presságio (bodement, boding, earnest, foreboding, foretoken, indication, omen, portent, premonition, presage, prognostic, prognostication, threat). (various references) augur (augur, omen), prevestire (auspice, foreboding, omen, portent, prediction, presentiment, prognostication, sooth), prevedere (care, discretion, forecast, foreknowledgement, foresight, forethought, precaution, prevision, Providence, provision, prudence). (various references) предзнаменование (auspice, foretoken, omen, portent, presage, prognostication). (various references) znamenje (bearings, omen, prognostication, sign, symbol), proricanje (divination, prediction, vaticination), predosećanje (premonition), gatanje (divination). (various references) augurio, presagio (foretoken, harbinger, omen, portent, presage, prognostication, sign). (various references) spådom (divination, prophecy), omen (omen), järtecken (portent). (various references) การทำนาย, ลางสังหร"์ (hunch). (various references) alâmet (miracle, omen, presage, prognostication, sign), kehanet (denouncement, divination, omen, oracle, oracular, portent, prediction, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, second sight, Sibylline, soothsaying, vaticination), işaret (badge, character, chop, clew, clue, cue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indication, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, signature, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace). (various references) ворожіння (divination, sortilege), ознака (badge, bodement, character, characteristic, diagnostic, indication, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, prophet, sign, testimonial, vestige), пророкування (bodeword, divination, prophecy, vaticination), прикмета (foretoken, omen, ostent, prognostic, prognostication, prognosticator, token), передчуття (anticipation, foreboding, foretaste, prelibation, premonition, presentiment), передвістя (bode, foreshadow, foretoken, omen, presage, prognosticator). (various references) triệu linh cảm lời đoán trước, thuật xem điềm m bói điềm. (various references) dewiniaeth (divination, witchcraft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ales, auguria, auguriis, augurium, augusto. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Augury" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaugury, agur, Aguri, aguur, aguy, Argory, Asgarby, aufur, augery, Aughrim, augor, augory, augru, augry, auguary, augure, auguri, augurie, auguur, auug, guvuryu, Kuguru, Ougoure, Ougure, Saugur. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "augury" (pronounced 'Au"gu*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-r-u-u-y" | |
-1 letter: augur. | |
-2 letters: gaur, gray, guar, guru, ruga, yuga. | |
-3 letters: gar, gay, guy, rag, ray, rug, rya, yar. | |
-4 letters: ag, ar, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-r-u-u-y" | |
+4 letters: unarguably. | |
+5 letters: garrulously, thaumaturgy, unguardedly. | |
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