Auspice

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  • noun. Protection or support; patronage.
  • noun. A sign indicative of future prospects; an omen.
  • noun. Observation of and divination from the actions of birds.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An augury from birds; an omen or a sign in general: as, to take the auspices; an auspice of good fortune.
  • noun. Protection or lead; favoring or propitious influence; patronage: especially in the phrase under the auspices (of).
  • noun. A circumstance or conjunction of circumstances betokening success: as, his career was begun under the fairest auspices.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
  • noun. Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Patronage or protection.
  • noun. An omen or a sign.
  • noun. Divination from the actions of birds.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a favorable omen
    • Word Usage
    "The English noun "auspice," which originally referred to this practice of observing birds to discover omens, also comes from Latin "auspex.""
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    augury  divination  fortunetelling  omen  portent  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    didn'  evidencefor  indirection  nomogram  prescience  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    augury  divination  guidance  patronage  protection  
    variant
    auspices  
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