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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Auspices

Hello.
What does it mean if a chess event is run under the auspices of English chess federation?Who exactly hosts the event?What does English Chess Federation do here?

http://www.chessdom.com/gibraltar-junior-international-2012/

Thanks in advance!
  

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com/auspices , you'll see that the word 'auspices' is very general -- certainly not specific enough to indicate who hosts the event or what the group who endorses the event will do. CJ

— CalifJim

  • com/auspices , you'll see that the word 'auspices' is very general -- certainly not specific enough to indicate who hosts the event or what the group who endorses the event will do.
  • CJ
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If you read the definitions here http://www.thefreedictionary.com/auspices, you'll see that the word 'auspices' is very general -- certainly not specific enough to indicate who hosts the event or what the group who endorses the event will do.

CJ
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CalifJimIf you read the definitions here , you'll see that the word 'auspices' is very general -- certainly not specific enough to indicate who hosts the event or what the group who endorses the event will do. CJ
That's why I ask about it!
I read the definition and understood nothing!

AAlso I read
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soheil1I read the definition and understood nothing!
Well, I hope you're not expecting me to invent a meaning that's more specific than what the dictionary gives!

'under the auspices of X' means X guides, endorses, arranges, encourages. From that you can't say anything very specific.

CJ
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