nnoun.person(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policyTopic:antiquity
Region:Eternal CityItalian capitalRomaRomecapital of Italy
Synset:auspex
Derivationally Related Form:augur
Hypernyms:oracle prophesier prophet seer vaticinator
Inherited Hypernyms:augurprophetdivinervisionaryintellectualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:augurprophetdivinervisionaryintellectualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.communicationindicate, as with a sign or an omenSynset:auspicate betoken bode forecast foreshadow foretell omen portend predict prefigure presage prognosticate
Examples:- These signs bode bad news
Derivationally Related Form:augurauspiceomenforeshadowingprognosispredictivepresageportentprognosticationprefigurativeforecast
Hypernyms:bespeak betoken indicate point signal
Inherited Hypernyms:bodebespeaktellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:foreshowthreaten
Full Troponyms:foreshowthreaten
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.communicationpredict from an omenDerivationally Related Form:augur
Hypernyms:anticipate call forebode foretell predict prognosticate promise
Inherited Hypernyms:augurpredictguessspeculatereasonthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE