augur
UK/ˈɔːɡə/
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Australia/ˈoːɡə/
augur noun: a diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
Noun
augur (plural augurs)
- A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
- Augur of ill, whoſe tongue was never found / Without a prieſtly curſe, or boding ſound; [...]a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The First Book of Homer’s Ilias”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760...
- An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
- It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings, the god Terminus (who presided over boundaries, and was represented, according to the fashion of that age, by a large stone) alone, among all the inferior deities, refused to yield his place to Jupiter...1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt ii
Verb
augur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)
- To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
- Every circumstance augured success.
- Recent events do not augur well for world peace.
augur meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
augur in Tamil
- துரப்பணம், ஆரூடம் கணித்தல், குறிசொல்பவர், கணி, குறிசொல், வருவதுகூறு
augur in Urdu
- فال گو, کاہن, نجومی, فال نکالنا, پیش گوئی کرنا, قیاس کرنا
augur in Bengali
- ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করা, পূর্বাভাস দেওয়া
augur in Malayalam
- പക്ഷികളുടെ പറക്കൽ, പ്രവാചകൻ, പക്ഷിശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞൻ, നിമിത്തജ്ഞൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- augur in Kannada
- ಶುಭಶಕುನ, ಶುಭಶಕುನವಾಗು
- augur in Persian
- فالگیر fâlgir, مروانیش morvâniš
Examples of augur in a sentence
- A favorable inference was drawn from his obstinacy, which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt ii:
- But there, too, the meteorological omens augured ill.2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- Whether term limits would augur a return of justices with broader experience in public life is debatable.2024 September 20, Mark Sherman, “Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark”, in AP...
Forms of augur
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | augurs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | augurs |
| present participle | auguring |
| past participle | augured |
| past | augured |
Origin of augur
Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).
Words formed from augur
Words that rhyme with augur
Questions about augur
- What does augur mean?
- Augur means a diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
- What is augur in Tamil?
- Augur in Tamil is துரப்பணம், ஆரூடம் கணித்தல், குறிசொல்பவர். See Augur meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use augur in a sentence?
- A favorable inference was drawn from his obstinacy, which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.
- What part of speech is augur?
- Augur can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce augur?
- Augur is pronounced /ˈɔːɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of augur?
- The plural of augur is augurs.
Words near augur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: augur (page history and authors); augur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); augur (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); augur (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); augur (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); augur (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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