Divination — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪklˈɑːdʒaɪts/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪvɪnˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪvɪnˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪklˈɑːdʒaɪts/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fortune telling foretelling prophecy soothsaying

Word Forms

prophetical	adjective	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
prophetic	adjective	foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
divine	verb	perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Weissagung

erfolgreiche Vermutung durch ungewöhnliche Einsicht oder Glück

🇪🇸Spanish

divinidad

Conjetura exitosa por intuición inusual o buena suerte.

🇮🇹Italian

divinazione

congettura riuscita grazie a intuizioni insolite o buona fortuna

🇳🇱Dutch

waarzeggerij

succesvol vermoeden door ongewoon inzicht of veel geluk

🇵🇹Portuguese

adivinhação

conjectura bem sucedida por uma visão incomum ou boa sorte

🇷🇺Russian

гадание

успешная догадка благодаря необычному озарению или удаче

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अटकल

असामान्य अंतर्दृष्टि या सौभाग्य से सफल अनुमान

🇧🇩Bengali

ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী

অস্বাভাবিক অন্তর্দৃষ্টি বা সৌভাগ্য দ্বারা সফল অনুমান

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜோசியம்

அசாதாரண நுண்ணறிவு அல்லது நல்ல அதிர்ஷ்டம் மூலம் வெற்றிகரமான யூகம்

🇮🇳Telugu

భవిష్యవాణి

అసాధారణ అంతర్దృష్టి లేదా అదృష్టం ద్వారా విజయవంతమైన ఊహ

🇮🇳Marathi

भविष्य सांगणे

असामान्य अंतर्दृष्टी किंवा शुभेच्छा द्वारे यशस्वी अनुमान

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભવિષ્યકથન

અસામાન્ય સૂઝ અથવા સારા નસીબ દ્વારા સફળ અનુમાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭವಿಷ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನ

ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಒಳನೋಟ ಅಥವಾ ಅದೃಷ್ಟದಿಂದ ಯಶಸ್ವಿ ಊಹೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഭാവികഥനം

അസാധാരണമായ ഉൾക്കാഴ്ചയോ ഭാഗ്യമോ വഴിയുള്ള വിജയകരമായ അനുമാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ

ਅਸਧਾਰਨ ਸਮਝ ਜਾਂ ਚੰਗੀ ਕਿਸਮਤ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਸਫਲ ਅਨੁਮਾਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

قیاس

غیر معمولی بصیرت یا اچھی قسمت سے کامیاب قیاس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

占卜

因不寻常的洞察力或好运气而成功猜想

🇯🇵Japanese

占い

並外れた洞察力または幸運によって推測が成功する

🇰🇷Korean

점

특이한 통찰력이나 행운에 의한 성공적인 추측

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bói toán

phỏng đoán thành công nhờ sự hiểu biết sâu sắc khác thường hoặc may mắn

🇹🇭Thai

การทำนาย

การคาดเดาที่ประสบความสำเร็จด้วยญาณที่ผิดปกติหรือโชคดี

🇮🇩Indonesian

ramalan

dugaan sukses dengan wawasan yang tidak biasa atau keberuntungan

🇵🇭Filipino

panghuhula

matagumpay na haka-haka sa pamamagitan ng hindi pangkaraniwang pananaw o suwerte

🇲🇾Malay

tilikan

sangkaan yang berjaya dengan pandangan luar biasa atau nasib baik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عرافة

التخمين الناجح من خلال رؤية غير عادية أو حظ سعيد

🇮🇷Persian

فال

حدس موفق با بینش غیرمعمول یا خوش شانسی

🇹🇷Turkish

kehanet

alışılmadık bir anlayış veya iyi şansla başarılı varsayım

🇮🇱Hebrew

קֶסֶם

השערה מוצלחת על ידי תובנה יוצאת דופן או מזל טוב

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