- auspicious
- [ɔːs`pɪʃəs]благоприятный
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь. ramix. 2012.
Auspicious — Aus*pi cious, a. [See {Auspice}.] 1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. [1913 Webster] Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
auspicious — I adjective betokening success, encouraging, favorable, favored by fortune, favoring, felicitous, felix, fortunate, good, hopeful, inspiriting, lucky, of good omen, of promise, opportune, portending happiness, presaging good fortune, promising,… … Law dictionary
auspicious — (adj.) 1590s, of good omen (implied in auspiciously), from L. auspicium divination by observing the flight of birds, from AUSPEX (Cf. auspex) (gen. auspicis) + OUS (Cf. ous) … Etymology dictionary
auspicious — *favorable, propitious, benign Analogous words: *lucky, fortunate, happy, providential: *hopeful, roseate: indicating or indicative, betokening (see corresponding verbs at INDICATE) Antonyms: inauspicious: ill omened Contrasted words: *sinister … New Dictionary of Synonyms
auspicious — [adj] encouraging; favorable advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well timed; concept 572 Ant. inauspicious, inopportune,… … New thesaurus
auspicious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ indicating a good chance of success; favourable. DERIVATIVES auspiciously adverb … English terms dictionary
auspicious — [ô spish′əs] adj. [< L auspicium (see AUSPICE) + OUS] 1. of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious 2. favored by fortune; successful SYN. FAVORABLE auspiciously adv. auspiciousness n … English World dictionary
auspicious — adjective Date: 1593 1. affording a favorable auspice ; propitious < made an auspicious beginning > 2. attended by good auspices ; prosperous < an auspicious year > Synonyms: see favorable • a … New Collegiate Dictionary
auspicious — aus|pi|cious [o:ˈspıʃəs US o: ] adj formal showing that something is likely to be successful ≠ ↑inauspicious auspicious start/beginning ▪ Saccani s excellent recording is an auspicious start to what promises to be a distinguished musical career.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
auspicious — [[t]ɔːspɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely. [FORMAL] His career as a playwright had an auspicious start. Ant: inauspicious … English dictionary
auspicious — auspiciously, adv. auspiciousness, n. /aw spish euhs/, adj. 1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. 2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate. [1600 10; < L auspici(um) AUSPICE + OUS] * * * … Universalium