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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024au•gur1 /ˈɔgɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- someone claiming to foretell future events;
prophet. v. - to divine or predict, as if from omens:[~ + object]could not augur the future of the economy.
- [~ + for + object] to be a sign of good or bad things to come: The movement of troops augurs poorly for peace. The decline in prices augurs well for the economy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024au•gur1 (ô′gər),USA pronunciation n. - Ancient Historyone of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
- soothsayer;
prophet.
v.t. - to divine or predict, as from omens;
prognosticate. - to serve as an omen or promise of;
foreshadow;
betoken:Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
v.i. - to conjecture from signs or omens;
predict. - to be a sign;
bode:The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
- Latin augur (variant of auger) a diviner, soothsayer, derivative of augēre to augment with origin, originally implication of "prosper''; compare august
- 1540–50
- Dialect Termsto argue, talk, or converse.
n. - Dialect Termsan excessively talkative person.
- 1920–25; metathetic variant of argue; noun, nominal perh. by association with auger
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: augur /ˈɔːɡə/ n
Also called: auspex (in ancient Rome) a religious official who observed and interpreted omens and signs to help guide the making of public decisions- any prophet or soothsayer
vb - to predict (some future event), as from signs or omens
- (tr; may take a clause as object) to be an omen (of); presage
- (intransitive) to foreshadow future events to be as specified; bode: this augurs well for us
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: a diviner, perhaps from augēre to increaseaugural /ˈɔːɡjʊrəl/ adj |