divination
/ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/
divination noun: the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
Noun
divination (countable and uncountable, plural divinations)
- The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
- An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
divination meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
divination in Tamil
- எதிர்காலத்தை அறிதல், குறிசொல்லுதல்
divination in Malayalam
- മുൻകൂട്ടിപ്പറയൽ, ഭാവിപ്രവചനം, മുൻസൂചന
divination in Indonesian
- act of divining
- ramal, tenung
Examples of divination in a sentence
- In addition, pomegranate is connected with divination, and sunflower with wisdom.
- A large number of the works deal with medicine, alchemy, and divination.
- To receive omens regarding events that will occur throughout an entire year, perform ambulomancy, divination while walking.
Forms of divination
| plural | divinations |
|---|
Origin of divination
From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.
Words formed from divination
- dice divination
- runic divination
- star divination
Words that rhyme with divination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about divination
- What does divination mean?
- Divination means the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- What is divination in Tamil?
- Divination in Tamil is எதிர்காலத்தை அறிதல், குறிசொல்லுதல். See Divination meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is divination?
- Divination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce divination?
- Divination is pronounced /ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of divination?
- The plural of divination is divinations.
Words near divination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: divination (page history and authors); divination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-divination.wav.
Cite this entry: “divination.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/divination. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.