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noun (n)

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come(noun.event)

  Example:
  He hoped it was an augury.
  

  Synonym:
  foretoken, preindication, sign
  

  source: wordnet30
• The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.(noun)

  source: webster1913