English-Thai Dictionary

augury

N การ ทำนาย  การ พยากรณ์  ศิลป ใน การ พยากรณ์  kan-tham-nai

 

augury

N ลางสังหรณ์  ลาง  นิมิต  omen portent indication lang-sang-hon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUGURY

n.[L. augurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or chattering of birds.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUGURY

Au "gu *ry, n.; pl. Auguries (. Etym: [L. aucurium.]

 

1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc. ; divination.

 

2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. He resigned himself. .. with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.

 

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

augury

au gu ry |ˈôgyərē ˈɔɡ (j )əri | ▶noun ( pl. auguries ) a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen: they heard the sound as an augury of death. • the work of an augur; the interpretation of omens. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘divination ’): from Old French augurie or Latin augurium ‘interpretation of omens, ’ from augur (see augur ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

augury

augury |ˈɔːgjʊri | ▶noun ( pl. auguries ) a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen: they heard the sound as an augury of death. • [ mass noun ] the interpretation of omens. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘divination ’): from Old French augurie or Latin augurium ‘interpretation of omens ’, from augur (see augur ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

augury

augury noun you draw very blurry lines between what is coincidence and what is augury: omen, portent, sign, foretoken. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See sign . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

augury

au gu ry /ɔ́ːɡjəri /名詞 複 -ries 1 C ｟文 ｠前兆, 兆し (omen ).2 U 占い ; 予言 .