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AUGURY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

Example:

it was a sign from God

Synonyms:

augury; foretoken; preindication; sign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("augury" is a kind of...):

experience (an event as apprehended)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "augury"):

war cloud (an ominous sign that war threatens)

omen; portent; presage; prodigy; prognostic; prognostication (a sign of something about to happen)

Derivation:

inaugurate (be a precursor of)

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