augúrio — meaning in English
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English meaning
- augury noun A way of predicting the future by watching how animals look and behave.
- foreshadowing noun A technique in storytelling in which a writer plants hints early on about something that will happen later, so the eventual event feels prepared for rather than random.
- omen noun A sign believed to foretell a future event, whether good or bad.
Senses
augúrio is used for these senses in English:
- augury A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- foreshadowing (literature, usually, uncountable) A literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
- omen Something which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
augury — full definition
- noun A way of predicting the future by watching how animals look and behave.
- noun A sign that seems to show what will happen in the future.
- noun Something that happens and seems to signal important events ahead.
foreshadowing — full definition
- noun A technique in storytelling in which a writer plants hints early on about something that will happen later, so the eventual event feels prepared for rather than random.
- verb Present participle of foreshadow: to be an early sign of something that is going to happen.
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