The meaning of Augur

verb

Be a portent of a particular outcome.

Usage examples:

Their argument did not bode well for the future

noun

A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

Usage examples:

She has had a message from a clairvoyant that her son is alive and well

adjective

Having or exhibiting clairvoyance.

Usage examples:

He didn't tell me about it and i'm not clairvoyant

adjective

Of or like god or a god.

Usage examples:

Heroes with divine powers

noun

A person who divines for water or minerals

Usage examples:

Henry consulted diviners when anne boleyn became pregnant, anxious to know whether he could expect …

verb

Be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Usage examples:

Other new measures are foreshadowed in the white paper

verb

(of a past event) to suggest the happening of a future event

Usage examples:

Low unemployment may foreshadow wage and price increases.

verb

Point out; show.

Usage examples:

Dotted lines indicate the text's margins

verb

To show or signal a direction or warning, or to make something clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] these statistics might indicate quality problems., [ + that clause ] she did not move or indi…

verb

To show something, point to something, or make something clear

Usage examples:

Indicate sth to sb retailers should indicate to the consumer the exact weight of the produce., the …

noun

A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity.

Usage examples:

Her priests and oracles are all being kept in the tower.

noun

(especially in ancient greece) a female priest who gave people wise but often mysterious advice from a god, or the advice given

Usage examples:

Professor ross is regarded as the oracle on eating disorders.

verb

Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.

Usage examples:

The eclipses portend some major events

verb

To be a sign that something is likely to happen in the future

Usage examples:

It was a major scandal whose full exposure portended the end of a popular presidential reign.

verb

Be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one).

Usage examples:

The heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow

noun

An omen or portent.

Usage examples:

The fever was a sombre presage of his final illness

verb

To show or suggest that something, often something unpleasant, will happen

Usage examples:

But still the economy is not showing signs of any of the excesses that normally presage a recession.

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

noun

A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of god.

Usage examples:

The old testament prophet, jeremiah

noun

A person who speaks for god or a god, or a person who tells what will happen in the future

noun

A female prophet.

Usage examples:

I have spent a good deal of the last three and a half years researching the sibyl of cumae, the pag…

noun

A female prophet

adjective

Relating to or denoting faculties or phenomena that are apparently inexplicable by natural laws, especially involving telepathy or clairvoyance.

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Psychic powers

noun

A person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium.

Usage examples:

Pier-end palmists and fake psychics

adjective

Having to do with the mind and the emotions rather than with the body

Usage examples:

Regular exercise has psychic as well as physical benefits., psychic phenomena

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

noun

An aromatic plant whose greyish-green leaves are used as a culinary herb, native to southern europe and the mediterranean.

Usage examples:

Other culinary herbs, like sage, rosemary and thyme, are native to mediterranean regions where the …

adjective

Profoundly wise.

Usage examples:

They nodded in agreement with these sage remarks

adjective

Wise, esp. as a result of long experience

Usage examples:

Sage advice

noun

A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.

Usage examples:

A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne

noun

(in south asia) a varying unit of weight (about one kilogram) or liquid measure (about one litre).

noun

A woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god.

Usage examples:

Looking on are the prophets and sibyls, the mysterious seers of man's tragedy.

noun

Any of several women in the ancient world who were thought to be able to see into the future

noun

A gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions, typically by prearrangement between the parties concerned.

Usage examples:

The firing of the gun was the signal for a chain of beacons to be lit

verb

Convey information or instructions by means of a gesture, action, or sound.

Usage examples:

Hold your fire until i signal

adjective

Striking in extent, seriousness, or importance; outstanding.

Usage examples:

Their signal failure to achieve a satisfactory solution to the problem

verb

Be an indication of.

Usage examples:

This decision signified a fundamental change in their priorities

verb

To mean something, or be a sign of

Usage examples:

In this picture, red represents sulfur and green signifies hydrogen., [ i ] all those in favor, ple…

noun

A person supposed to be able to foresee the future.

Usage examples:

Do you really think that while they're arresting heretics is the best time to be having trade with …

noun

A person who is believed to have the ability to know and tell what will happen in the future

noun

A man supposed to be able to foresee the future; a soothsayer.

noun

A woman who is believed to be able to predict the future.

Usage examples:

But perhaps my teacher, the spaewife of ostree, may know better.

adjective

Thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom.

Usage examples:

A visionary leader

noun

A person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like.

Usage examples:

He is a visionary keen on policy-making

noun

A person who is able to imagine how a country, society, industry, etc., will or should develop in the future and to plan in a suitable way

Usage examples:

She was a social reformer, a true visionary.