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# auspicious

adjective (auspicious; more auspicious, most auspicious) — formal

«auspicious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Showing signs that something will go well; a lucky or promising start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#m1)
2. (formal) Special and important, as in «on this auspicious occasion». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#m2)

### In the lessons

It is a formal, rather grand word used in speeches, stories and exam writing; it tells the reader things look hopeful. In lessons on festivals, people choose an «auspicious day» for weddings or new starts (for example in Chinese and Hindu traditions). Phrases: «an auspicious start», «an auspicious day», «hardly auspicious».

### Examples

- Winning the first match was an auspicious start to the season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x1)
- The head teacher began, «On this auspicious occasion, we open our new library.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x2)
- Many families pick an auspicious day for a wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x3)
- Rain on sports day was not an auspicious beginning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x4)
- The rainbow seemed an auspicious sign to the travellers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x5)
- It was hardly an auspicious moment to ask for more pocket money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x6)
- Red is seen as an auspicious colour at Chinese New Year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x7)
- No more auspicious talisman of luck and success could she have given her nephew, and she bade him use it in the hour of his greatest need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/#x8)

### Note

Adjective only, formal register; in everyday talk say «a good sign» or «promising». Opposite: inauspicious (an unlucky or poor start). Spelling: au-spi-cious, ends in -cious. Use «an» before it: an auspicious start.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «auspicious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/auspicious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«auspicious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/auspicious.html) on Mova free.