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augur

verb [I + adv/prep, T]
 
 
/ˈɔː.ɡər/ US  /ˈɑː.ɡɚ/ formal

Definition

to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future: The company's sales figures for the first six months augur well for the rest of the year. Do you think that this recent ministerial announcement augurs (= is a sign of) a shift in government policy?Predicting things and intuition
(Definition of augur verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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