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'Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.'
John Lahr

Meaning of "augury" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AUGURY

augury  [ˈɔːɡjʊrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AUGURY

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Augury is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AUGURY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

augury

Augury

Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as "taking the auspices". 'Augur' and 'auspices' are from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally "one who looks at birds", Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable. Sometimes bribed or politically motivated augures would fabricate unfavorable auspices in order to delay certain state functions, such as elections. Pliny the Younger attributes the invention of auspicy to Tiresias the seer of Thebes, the generic model of a seer in the Greco-Roman literary culture. This type of omen reading was already a millennium old in the time of Classical Greece: in the fourteenth-century BCE diplomatic correspondence preserved in Egypt called the "Amarna correspondence", the practice was familiar to the king of Alasia in Cyprus who has need of an 'eagle diviner' to be sent from Egypt.

Definition of augury in the English dictionary

The definition of augury in the dictionary is the art of or a rite conducted by an augur. Other definition of augury is a sign or portent; omen.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AUGURY


chowri
ˈtʃaʊrɪ
cowrie
ˈkaʊrɪ
cowry
ˈkaʊrɪ
Jodhpuri
ˈdʒɒdpʊrɪ
kauri
ˈkaʊrɪ
loerie
ˈlaʊrɪ
lourie
ˈlaʊrɪ
lowrie
ˈlaʊrɪ
lowry
ˈlaʊrɪ
mercury
ˈmɜːkjʊrɪ
methylmercury
ˌmiːθaɪlˈmɜːkjʊrɪ
penury
ˈpɛnjʊrɪ
quaestuary
ˈkwiːstʃʊrɪ
scowrie
ˈskəʊrɪ
strangury
ˈstræŋɡjʊrɪ
toorie
ˈtʊrɪ
tourie
ˈtʊrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AUGURY

augmented reality
augmented transition network
augmenter
augmentor
Augsburg
augur
augural
auguries
augurship
august
Augusta
Augusta Emerita
Augusta Treverorum
Augusta Vindelicorum
Augustan
auguste
Augustine
Augustinian
augustly
augustness

WORDS THAT END LIKE AUGURY

add insult to injury
Bloomsbury
Bradbury
bunbury
bury
Cadbury
canterbury
century
Fleury
fury
Glastonbury
injury
jury
luxury
Maury
Newbury
Salisbury
Shrewsbury
Sudbury
treasury

Synonyms and antonyms of augury in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «AUGURY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «augury» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of augury

Translation of «augury» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AUGURY

Find out the translation of augury to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of augury from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «augury» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

占卜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

augurio
570 millions of speakers

English

augury
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भविष्यवाणी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بشارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предзнаменованием
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

augúrio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাকুনবিদ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

augure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Augury
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

augury
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

占い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전조
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Augury
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điềm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சகுனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एगुरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kehanet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

augurio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapowiedź
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ознакою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prevestire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οιωνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vir teken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

järtecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

augury
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of augury

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGURY»

The term «augury» is regularly used and occupies the 104.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AUGURY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about augury

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QUOTES WITH «AUGURY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word augury.
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John Lahr
'Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUGURY»

Discover the use of augury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to augury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Augury
Johnson's poems are passionate in their hunger for knowledge, their quest to envision the immigrant past, their love of animals, and their love of love.
Linnea Johnson, 2010
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The Coming Guest: Advancing Jung's Augury Into the 21st Century
Isn't this image in stone an augur's image?" (1987, p. 75)The Coming Guest: Advancing Jung's Augury into the 21st Century. is a book of analysis and auguries.
John C Woodcock Ph D, 2011
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Augury
Duke Johnson. Augury Duke Johnson Augury All Rights Reserved Copyright © 2013 Duke Johnson All Title.
Duke Johnson, 2013
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Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard
Rather than doing something and then interpreting or “reading” the results, as in most of the above-listed mantic arts, augury involves interpreting spontaneous occurrences and events in Nature, such as the shapes of clouds or the flight of ...
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, 2004
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Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic
Finally, let us turn to a counterpart scene for the augury in Thebaid 3, Valerius' Argonautica 1205-3924 This is another instance of a 'double augury', as in Argos, but serves a much different function. Mopsus gives his prophecy first, replete with  ...
Antony Augoustakis, 2013
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Luwian Identities: Culture, Language and Religion Between ...
LUWIAN RELIGION, A RESEARCH PROJECT: THE CASE OF “HITTITE” AUGURY Alice Mouton and Ian Rutherford If we aim to understand the relation between Anatolian and Aegean cul- ture, and the position of Luwian culture or Luwic ...
Alice Mouton, Ian Rutherford, Ilya Yakubovich, 2013
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Greek Augury
THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Greek Divination A Study of its Methods and Principles, by W. R. Halliday. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766128830.
W. R. Halliday, 2010
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment
There is a possible world where the outcome of every battle always happens, completely by chance, to match the result obtained by augury. There are only a finite number of battles in that world, and the very unlikely event of the entrails of  ...
Alexander R. Pruss, 2006
9
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
AUGURACULUM. See Auguratorium. (i.) AUGURAL, something relating to the augurs. The augural instruments are represented on several ancient medals. (i.) Augural books, those wherein the discipline and rules of augury were laid down.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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The Vatican Mythographers
the appearance of an eagle in Book Twelve, it was written: ''And by this portent he deceived,'' for Vergil indicates that that augury lacked trust, with its place denied. Indeed, wherever Maro introduces a firm augury, he gives it a very firm place.
Ronald E. Pepin, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUGURY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term augury is used in the context of the following news items.
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Breaking glass ceiling
This is a good augury. Better personnel management is needed if the hallowed colonial era “steel frame”, reputedly deteriorated to “cast iron ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
2
A client state, and no, I'm not talking Greece
For most Britons, Greece is a faraway land of which they know nothing, to quote a phrase of unhappy augury. At most it is a place for them to ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Legislative update - July 2015
... the remuneration of Australian Defence Force personnel engaged in service on Operations Accordian, Augury, Highroad, Manitou, Okra and ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
4
Hail Canada! An Ode to Metal from Up North
... Mares of Thrace, Cursed, Augury, Sacrifice, Iskra, Biipiigwan, Ion Dissonance, Exciter, 3 Inches of Blood, Cryptopsy, Adversarial, Chthe'ilist. «Noisey, Jul 15»
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Ryots told to take up organic farming
The Centre's 'Paramparagath Krishi Vikas Yojana' aimed at promoting organic farming in groups of 50 farmers was a good augury of things to ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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The Arrogance Of Progress
And many saw the rapid technological advancement of the time as an augury for an age where hardship would be virtually eliminated. «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Vijender's move to turn pro surrounded by controversy
... touted as one of UK's biggest boxing promoters, who also manages the likes of Dereck Chisora and Amir Khan, is a good augury, but the big ... «Sportskeeda, Jun 15»
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Kimberly Levin on 'Runoff,' Flesh-Eating Pigs and Saving the World …
It's an augury for the increasingly compromising ethical quandaries that face us today. "Runoff" is the story of Betty, a Kentucky native who owns ... «Indie Wire, Jun 15»
9
Hoodie Baba
THE return of Dilip Vengsarkar seems to be a good augury for Mumbai cricket. Days after being elected vice-president, the former India captain ... «Ahmedabad Mirror, Jun 15»
10
Issue Price: Arbitrage
Sadly, Treasury did not include an option to set the issue price through augury or rolls of a 20-sided die, although we note that we did correctly ... «The National Law Review, Jun 15»

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