Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

under the auspices of

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: un-der- the aus-pices of
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep

With the help, support, or protection of someone or something.

Example Sentences

"Plans were prepared under the auspices of the L.S.W.R. by W. R. Galbraith and R. F. Church, with J. F. Greathead in consultation, for a deep-level electric line on the tube principle, 1½ miles long, from a point under the main-line terminus at Waterloo to the eastern end of Queen Victoria Street, […]."
"Lynch added: "Our findings from our FOI requests on ticket office closures shows the whole process to be a stitch-up between the train operators, under the auspices of the Rail Delivery Group[,] and ministers."

Questions

What does under the auspices of mean?: With the help, support, or protection of someone or something.

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