Aura

Meaning of aura in English auranoun us /ˈɔːr.ə/ uk /ˈɔː.rə/ plural auras, aurae or aura Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a feeling or character that a person or place seems to have: aura of The woods have an aura of mystery. There's an aura of sadness about him. She has that superstar aura, which is more than just beauty or charm. [ C ] a type of colored light that some people say they can see around people and animals, that they believe shows something about their character, mood, health, etc.: Ever wondered what color your aura is? Like humans, all creatures have an aura, and if it is powerful enough, other animals avoid contact. He charges $50 for a 10-minute aura reading. [ C ] light or color that can be seen surrounding something: In her photographs, mostly white images with ghostly auras emerge from dark backgrounds. When the eclipse was at its height the sun was no more than a golden aura. [ C or U ] a feature of a migraine (= a condition that can cause a type of severe pain in the head) or an attack of epilepsy (= a brain condition that causes someone to become unconscious for short periods) that involves problems with vision (= seeing), especially seeing lights that flash or move: Around 15 per cent of migraine sufferers experience auras. Migraines may be preceded by aura. Aura is seen in about 25% of patients with migraines. An epileptic aura is a type of seizure. Feelings - general words

• affectional
• affectionally
• atmospherically
• breast
• charged
• come away phrasal verb
• emotional
• herself
• himself
• mixed feelings
• needy
• non-emotional
• non-material
• on the inside idiom
• sensation
• soulfulness
• spirit
• spirited
• susceptibility
• team spirit

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Souls, spirits & ghosts Giving out light Headaches & dizziness (Definition of aura from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

aura | Intermediate English

auranoun [ C ] us /ˈɔr·ə/ Add to word list Add to word list a feeling or character that a person or place seems to have: The hotel had an aura of fading glamour about it. (Definition of aura from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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aura It wouldn't have shown much skin, but it would have had the aura of being outside the box. From TIME The vehicle evokes the performance aura of a sports car while also appealing to families. From USA TODAY They sit at the old wooden tables and consult real documents and cherish the quiet aura of the books that surround them. From The New York Review of Books Beautiful to look at and with deeply felt emotions, the film has a meditative aura punctured by sharp bouts of fighting. From Los Angeles Times Retaining an aura of power has obvious benefits -- including being able to trade on that power. From Slate Magazine They reacted to my thoughts with an exquisite colored aura. From TIME He said the final six games will have a different aura to them. From USA TODAY He realized that luxury had a certain aura, a certain feel, best photographed from an outside perspective. From WIRED I even asked him about the aura of all the other stuff. From ESPN The pudding's dark glossy dome is flamed with brandy and carried to the table before the shimmering blue aura dies away. From NPR It's part of the aura of the mountain. From NBCNews.com As the campaign season began, the aura of inevitability began to fade. From Huffington Post His aura of vulnerability and hurt clicks with her history of collecting damaged kids and making them her project. From Hollywood Reporter These people just carry wiith them an aura of bad karma. From CNN Yet, behind their extraordinary auras and personalities, they are human beings like the rest of us. From TIME These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of aura?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 氣氛，氛圍, 氣息, （一些人聲稱在人或動物身體周圍看到的）光環，光輪… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 气氛，氛围, 气息, （一些人声称在人或动物身体周围看到的）光环，光轮… See more in Spanish aura… See more in Portuguese aura… See more in Turkish in French in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian bir yere, kişiye ilişkin his, duygu… See more aura… See more waas… See more aura… See more udstråling, aura… See more pancaran, lingkaran cahaya… See more ความรู้สึก, บรรยากาศ… See more toả ra… See more aura, klimat, atmosfera… See more utstrålning, aura… See more aura… See more die Aura, die Ausstrahlung… See more utstråling, fornemmelse, aura… See more аура… See more Need a translator?

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