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augurio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augury noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • 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.
  • prodigy noun A person, especially a child, with exceptional talent or ability.

Senses

augurio 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.
  • prodigy (archaic) An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent. [from 15th c.]

augury — full definition

  1. noun A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  2. noun An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  3. noun An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

foreshadowing — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. verb Present participle of foreshadow: to be an early sign of something that is going to happen.

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