AUGURING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future it's a good thing that people don't remember the tabloid's augurings a year later, since very few come to pass

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auguring

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verb

present participle of augur

as in promising

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

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as in predicting

to tell of or describe beforehand the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

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Recent Examples of auguring

Noun

In the distance, the dormant Volcán de Agua looms, a ring of wispy clouds around its peak auguring afternoon rain. — Michaela Trimble, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2021

Verb

Millar, however, noted that a gauge of wholesale costs rose at the fastest pace in more than three years, auguring a further rise in consumer prices. — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The gap between those predictions and the reality on the ground suggests many observers have overstated the likelihood of war.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
However, the current library remains too small for reliable predictions.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of prediction

Verb

Reynolds understood how to sell the new pen, too, with advertisements promising an avant-garde writing utensil, capable of enduring long stretches of writing with no need to replenish the ink.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Oct. 2026
Péter Magyar’s government is pursuing Orbán-era officials and alleged misuse of public funds, while promising that investigations will follow the rule of law.

— Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of promising

Verb

Next year will see more classic accessories used in less traditional ways with Whatnot predicting shoppers will reuse pieces that are in their own closets.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
When the year started, investors were predicting a slew of AI companies going public, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of predicting

Noun

Satellites support communication networks, provide navigation signals and deliver information used for weather forecasting.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Fortran also remains important in scientific computing, including weather forecasting and nuclear reactor safety analysis.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Verb

Tesla has also shown a thruster pressure gauge reading 5,500 PSI, alongside a boost-readiness indicator.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
A lot of Asian American people have this experience of reading in lit courses about predominantly white authors and characters and suddenly there’s Lee, who is remarkably legible as someone inside of his social milieu yet almost a unicorn.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of reading

Noun

Just 3% of respondents expect electricity demand from AI to be lower than forecast; a majority see the technology as becoming more influential than innovations in renewable energy over the next decade.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Netflix — Shares of Netflix fell almost 5% after the streaming giant narrowed its 2026 full-year forecast .

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecast

Noun

These fictional chips are then summoned into existence by the delusional commitment of more than two million chip-industry employees to the perpetuation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In the road movie, which is Thailand’s international Oscar feature film submission, a prophecy prompts an aging grandmother to embark on a nine-temple pilgrimage with her children and grandchildren.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of prophecy

Noun

Every year after Halloween, Spirit Halloween’s stores empty out and the signs come down.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
One particularly promising example is an MRI technique that identifies the central vein sign, a feature that can help physicians distinguish lesions associated with MS from abnormalities caused by other conditions.

— Bruce Bebo, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026

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