Auspicious
adjective
Likely to bring success or good luck.
Their marriage ceremony started on an auspicious day.

Often appears as...
- auspicious start
- auspicious occasion
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Approving
adjective
Bringing or being a sign of good future.
The team's victory was an auspicious sign for the upcoming championship.

Often appears as...
- auspicious sign
- auspicious symbol
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Approving
adjective
Serving to make something seem more likely to happen.
The auspicious environmental conditions facilitated the plant's growth.

Often appears as...
- auspicious conditions
- auspicious circumstances
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Approving
adjective
Likely to bring success or good luck.
Their marriage ceremony started on an auspicious day.

Often appears as...
- auspicious start
- auspicious occasion
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Bringing or being a sign of good future.
The team's victory was an auspicious sign for the upcoming championship.

Often appears as...
- auspicious sign
- auspicious symbol
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Serving to make something seem more likely to happen.
The auspicious environmental conditions facilitated the plant's growth.

Often appears as...
- auspicious conditions
- auspicious circumstances
Usage tips
Approving
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Time Sensitivity
Use 'auspicious' for events or times when success seems likely, not just anytime you feel good.

She launched her app on an auspicious day when the market sentiment was high.
Cultural Importance
'Auspicious' often refers to specific dates or times celebrated as lucky in some cultures.

The festival began on an auspicious date, according to the lunar calendar.
Positive Associations
When something is 'auspicious', it's not just good, but also suggests future success.

Finding a four-leaf clover on my first day of school was an auspicious sign.
Time Sensitivity
Use 'auspicious' for events or times when success seems likely, not just anytime you feel good.

She launched her app on an auspicious day when the market sentiment was high.
Cultural Importance
'Auspicious' often refers to specific dates or times celebrated as lucky in some cultures.

The festival began on an auspicious date, according to the lunar calendar.
Positive Associations
When something is 'auspicious', it's not just good, but also suggests future success.

Finding a four-leaf clover on my first day of school was an auspicious sign.
Time Sensitivity
Use 'auspicious' for events or times when success seems likely, not just anytime you feel good.

She launched her app on an auspicious day when the market sentiment was high.
Cultural Importance
'Auspicious' often refers to specific dates or times celebrated as lucky in some cultures.

The festival began on an auspicious date, according to the lunar calendar.
Positive Associations
When something is 'auspicious', it's not just good, but also suggests future success.

Finding a four-leaf clover on my first day of school was an auspicious sign.
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Ben Saunders: To the...
usually just putting a ski or a boot through the snow. Occasionally we went in all the way up to our armpits, but thankfully never deeper than that. And less than five weeks ago, after 105 days, we crossed this oddly inauspicious finish line, the coast of Ross Island on the New Zealand side of Antarctica.
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Puja Ceremony: April 12,...
us as we're climbing the mountain its traditional for team members to bring something to the puja to be blessed typically crampons and ice axe maybe a helmet before the trip our Sherpa team get together look at the Tibetan calendar and figure out an auspicious
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The design genius of...
was not nearly as auspicious as it turned out to be. There is a picture of Charles. So let's watch the next clip. The film that we're about to see is a film they made for the Moscow World's Fair. This is the land. It has many contrasts.
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The secrets of the...
But despite this inauspicious premiere, the symphony quickly won acclaim. One critic likened the piece to “glowing beams of light, piercing through the darkness.” This intensity persists throughout the composition,
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to see omens from the flight of birds, and, then later, to consecrate or act when such omens are favorable. Roman officials could only be installed in office when the avian omens were auspicious. Centuries later,
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Second Burial PIPE National...
pack the bones in an urn after her bones are cleaned grandmother who won't leave the Wang storehouse right away it may be months before geomancer chooses an auspicious day for her second burial
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Timkat PIPE National...
of prayer and study have been rewarded he's been chosen to be a part of the Tim Katt ceremony it is an auspicious landmark in his spiritual development but it is also a deeply private moment a
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
auspicious afternoon it's bizarre I know okay alright we'll be back shortly guys we're gonna send you across to Trish
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Sacred Cows Rescued From...
feeding those down in a ceremony away today is a very auspicious day so they are feeding the cows to gain more you
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The most colorful...
On an auspicious day in November of 1986, 5 Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill—
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Ben Saunders: To the...
usually just putting a ski or a boot through the snow. Occasionally we went in all the way up to our armpits, but thankfully never deeper than that. And less than five weeks ago, after 105 days, we crossed this oddly inauspicious finish line, the coast of Ross Island on the New Zealand side of Antarctica.
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Puja Ceremony: April 12,...
us as we're climbing the mountain its traditional for team members to bring something to the puja to be blessed typically crampons and ice axe maybe a helmet before the trip our Sherpa team get together look at the Tibetan calendar and figure out an auspicious
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The design genius of...
was not nearly as auspicious as it turned out to be. There is a picture of Charles. So let's watch the next clip. The film that we're about to see is a film they made for the Moscow World's Fair. This is the land. It has many contrasts.
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The secrets of the...
But despite this inauspicious premiere, the symphony quickly won acclaim. One critic likened the piece to “glowing beams of light, piercing through the darkness.” This intensity persists throughout the composition,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
to see omens from the flight of birds, and, then later, to consecrate or act when such omens are favorable. Roman officials could only be installed in office when the avian omens were auspicious. Centuries later,
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Second Burial PIPE National...
pack the bones in an urn after her bones are cleaned grandmother who won't leave the Wang storehouse right away it may be months before geomancer chooses an auspicious day for her second burial
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Timkat PIPE National...
of prayer and study have been rewarded he's been chosen to be a part of the Tim Katt ceremony it is an auspicious landmark in his spiritual development but it is also a deeply private moment a
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Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
auspicious afternoon it's bizarre I know okay alright we'll be back shortly guys we're gonna send you across to Trish
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Sacred Cows Rescued From...
feeding those down in a ceremony away today is a very auspicious day so they are feeding the cows to gain more you
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The most colorful...
On an auspicious day in November of 1986, 5 Australian miners climbed Lunatic Hill—
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Buddha
Leader
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
If we strive to strengthen our body now; to overcome our faults; to cultivate new virtues; the Sun of our next life will rise under much more auspicious conditions than those under which we now live, and thus we may truly rule our stars and master our fate.

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Sussanne Khan
As for buying new things, it all depends on what really attracts you. It could be anything from art installations to silver, sculptures and new furniture. The whole idea is to give the environment an auspicious touch to let in new energy.

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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.

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George Washington
American President
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
Thankfully, Australia has emerged from its inauspicious colonial beginnings to become a proud nation, a nation that overcame those primeval prejudices.

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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow!

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Rumi
Poet
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

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Katharine Viner
British Journalist
My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start.

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Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish Composer
The circumstances In which I grew up In Poland were not auspicious for humor.

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Buddha
Leader
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.

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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
If we strive to strengthen our body now; to overcome our faults; to cultivate new virtues; the Sun of our next life will rise under much more auspicious conditions than those under which we now live, and thus we may truly rule our stars and master our fate.

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Sussanne Khan
As for buying new things, it all depends on what really attracts you. It could be anything from art installations to silver, sculptures and new furniture. The whole idea is to give the environment an auspicious touch to let in new energy.

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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.

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George Washington
American President
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
Thankfully, Australia has emerged from its inauspicious colonial beginnings to become a proud nation, a nation that overcame those primeval prejudices.

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Munshi Premchand
Indian Writer
A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow!

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Rumi
Poet
You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

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Katharine Viner
British Journalist
My friendship with the great actor and director Alan Rickman did not have a particularly auspicious start.

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Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish Composer
The circumstances In which I grew up In Poland were not auspicious for humor.

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