Meaning of Oracle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
2. A database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation
3. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
4. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
5. Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.
   archaic, figuratively
6. A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
7. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
8. A fortune-teller.
9. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
10. The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
    Jewish, historical
11. A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
12. A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.

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Examples

“The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.”

“The several oracles included in this haftarah presumably were uttered at different times to the people in exile, presenting diverse themes and using distinct styles.”

“Fight all couragiouſly and be you kings, I ſpeake it, and my words are oracles.”

“Shee ſtiles her ſelfe their Chiefe, and ſweares ſhee will command; / And, what-ſo-ere ſhee ſaith, for Oracles muſt ſtand.”

“a literary oracle”

“oracles of mode”

“The country rectors […] thought him an oracle on points of learning.”

“"Madame de l'Hôpital has been quite la fée bienfaisante" said Lauzun, who, like others, had been consulting the oracle. "I am bewildered by my future good fortune. I quite anticipate being married, if it is to bring me all that she predicts."”

“God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.”

“And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.”

“Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.”

“Thus, an oracle machine (which enacts an oracle algorithm) would be like an ordinary Turing machine, except that adjoined to its ordinary computational operations would be another operation: ‘Call in the oracle and ask it whether C_q(n) stops; […]”

“For example, an oracle may send temperature data reported by the National Weather Service or report the daily LIBOR rate to a smart contract.”

CEFR level