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Definition: AUGURIES |
AUGURIESPlural1. Of Augury |
Date "AUGURIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Crosswords: AUGURIES |
| English words defined with "AUGURIES": Augurate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AUGURIES": Augury. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Lawrence, which, though not accomplishing their entire objects, reflect honor on the discipline and prowess of our soldiery, the best auguries of eventual victory. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "AUGURIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AUGURIES" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
auguries of innocence | 12 |
auguries | 3 |
auguries blake innocence william | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AUGURIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Weissagungen (prophecies), Prophezeiungen. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | előjelnek vesz vmit (to draw auguries from sg), előjelnek tekint vmit (to draw auguries from sg). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | auguriesay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"AUGURIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aeguidens, Agorius, Augereau, auguri, augurie, Aurulius, Ulugurus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-r-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: argues, augers, augurs, aureus, regius, sagier, sauger, uraeus. | |
-3 letters: aegis, agers, agues, argue, argus, arise, auger, augur, aurei, aures, auris, gaurs, gears, grues, guars, guise, gurus, rages, ragis, raise, rugae, sager, sarge, serai, sieur, sugar, surge, uraei, urase, ureas, urges, ursae, usage. | |
-4 letters: ager, ages, ague, airs, ares, arse, ears, egis, eras, ergs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-r-s-u-u" | |
+3 letters: inaugurates. | |
+4 letters: agricultures. | |
+5 letters: glucuronidase, neurosurgical, thaumaturgies, undiscouraged. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Speeches | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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