divination

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
  3. (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

Synonyms

fortune-telling
41k
soothsaying
foretelling
prophecy
C1
augury
prediction
C2
forecast
C2
fortune telling
foresight
24k
foreknowledge
fortunetelling
anticipation
C2
sorcery
20k
prognostication
oracle
C2
judgment
B2
magic
A2
🪄
mantic
predicting
20k
prefiguration
premonition
C2
presentiment
prognostic
reading
B1
seance
30k
to-do
22k
twigs
21k
witchcraft
C2
prognosis
C2
weather forecasting
adjudication
manticism
augur
32k
basin
C2
black magic
clairvoyance
conclusion
B2
decipherment
decision
A2
divine
B2
expectation
C2
fortunes
C2
fortune teller
fox
B2
🦊
intimation
judgement
C1
Translations

divination
Weissagung
kehanet
divinazione
adivinación
Orakel

μαντεία

Wahrsagerei

voorspelling
Prognose
Horoskop

bonne aventure

divinatio

Wahrsagen
Voraussicht
Frequency

39k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/
Etymology

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

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