augur in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
augur in Hindi हिन्दी
augur in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
augur in Konkani कोंकणी
augur in Marathi मराठी
augur in Sindhi سنڌي
augur in Tamil தமிழ்
augur in English
- augur⇄augur, noun, verb.
- augur⇄expr. augur ill, to be a bad sign.
Ex. Those stormy clouds augur ill for a picnic. - augur⇄expr. augur well, to be a good sign.
Ex. ... a reverential deference, which augured well for the success of his mission (W. H. Prescott). - augur⇄noun 1. a high-ranking priest in ancient Rome who foretold future events and gave advice on the course of public business by interpreting such signs and omens as the flight of birds, or thunder and lightning.
2. a prophet; soothsayer; fortunetelle - augur⇄v.i. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict; foretell; prognosticate.
- augur⇄v.t. 1. to be a sign or promise of.
Ex. The strange mixture of ingenuous lightheartedness and fixed determination, ... seemed to augur a future that was perplexed and full of danger (Lytton Strachey).
2. to guess from signs or omens; predict