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Meaning of divine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
dɪˈvaɪn

Definitions

  1. A surname
  2. A surname.
  3. Of or pertaining to a god
  4. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
  5. A person ordained for service in a Christian church:churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher.
  6. Alternative letter-case form of divine
  7. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike
  8. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
  9. to find out by keen understanding. I managed to divine the truth. vermoed يَتَكَهَّن، يَكْشِف предвиждам adivinhar uhádnout weissagen gisne; ane; gætte μαντεύωadivinar ära arvama دریافتن؛ درک کردن aavistaa deviner לְנָחֵש पता लगाना spoznati na božanski način megjósol menemukan segja fyrir um; giska á predire, indovinare 見抜く 추측하다 įspėti paredzēt; nojaust mengagak gissenspå, ane intuitivt, gjette odgadywać پوهیدل adivinhar a ghici предугадывать uhádnuť uganiti spoznati ana (gissa) sig till คาดก...
  10. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence
  11. God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
    capitalized, often
  12. geestelike تَكَهُّن بالغَيْب гадаене adivinhação věštba die Weissagung spådomskunst μαντεία adivinación ennustamine پیشگویی؛ حدس درست ennustaminen divination הַגָדָת עָתִידוֹת भविष्य कथन, शकुन, विचार božanstvenost megérzés, jövendölés penemuan spakleg ágiskun; spádómur predizione, divinazione 察知 점, 예언 spėjimas, numatymas paredzēšana; nojaušana peramalan gissingspåing, spådom wróżenie غيب وينه، اټكل، پال كتنه، پېشګويې adivinhação prorocire гадание; прорицание veštba predvidevanje spoznaja spåd...
  13. Beautiful, heavenly
  14. a person who has or claims a special ability to find hidden water or metals. wiggelaar مُتَنَبِّئ، عَرّاف، مُتَكَهِّن човeк, който открива подпочвена вода/подземни богатства adivinho věštec, hadač, proutkař der Wünschelrutengänger (mineral-)søger μάντης, ραβδοσκόποςzahorí kaevutark غیب گو kaivonkatsoja devin, devineresse, sourcier/-ière מְנַבֵּא, מְגָלֶה מָיִם וּמַתָכוֹת भविष्यवक्ता vrač, gatalac varázsvesszős forráskutató ahli nujum spámaður rabdomante 水脈占い師 점쟁이, 수맥가 vandens/metalų ieškotoja...
  15. Foreboding; prescient
  16. discovering the presence of underground water, metal etc by holding a diˈvining-rod which moves when held directly above the water etc. water-divining. aanwysing عَصا الأسْتِنْباء: الأسْتِدلال على وُجود الماء أو المَعادِن تَحْتَ سَطْحِ الأرْض пръчка за откриване на подпочвена вода adivinhação hledání pomocí proutku das Wünschelrutengehen (mineral-)søgning ραβδοσκοπίαadivinación veesoonte otsimine کشف منابع زیرزمینی kaivonkatsonta radiesthésie גִילוּי מָיִם תָּת-קָרקָעִיים ותכות किसी अलौकिक तर...
    etc
  17. Having the nature of or being a deity.
  18. Superhuman; godlike.
  19. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto.
  20. A cleric.
  21. A theologian.

Equivalents

বাংলা আসমানী
Català diví
Čeština boží božský
Dansk guddommelig
Esperanto dia
Español adivinar divina divinar divino
Français deviner divin divine Divine prédire
Gaeilge diagaire
Galego adiviñar divino
עברית אלהי
Bahasa Indonesia ilahi
Íslenska guðdómlegur
Italiano divina divine divino indovinare
日本語
Қазақша иләһи құдайлық
Lietuvių dieviškas
Македонски божествен божји
Bahasa Melayu ilahi ketuhanan tuhan
Polski boski boży
Português adivinhar divino
Slovenščina božanski
Shqip hyjnor
తెలుగు దైవం
ไทย บัณฑิต
Tagalog dibino
Türkçe ilahi lahuti

Examples

“Poets were the first divines.”
“December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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