AUSPICE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: auspices   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A favorable omen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("auspice" is a kind of...):

omen; portent; presage; prodigy; prognostic; prognostication (a sign of something about to happen)

Derivation:

auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck)

auspicate (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)

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