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auspicious
What does auspicious mean?
auspicious (adjective): auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use auspicious in a sentence?
- An auspicious beginning for the campaign. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce auspicious?
/ɑˈspɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does auspicious come from?
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “auspicious” mean?
obligatory; required or commanded by authority
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very opposed in nature or character or purpose
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auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
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including (almost) everything within its scope
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