26984 words

divine

7 definitions • 11 examples
1
connected with a god, or like a god:

Examples:

Some fans seem to regard the players as divine beings.
divine intervention (= help from God)
divine right Just because you've been promoted, that doesn't give you a divine right (= one like that of a god) to tell us all what to do.
2

Examples:

We had a perfectly divine time in Switzerland.
Their new house is quite divine!
3
to guess something:

Examples:

[ + that ] I divined from his grim expression that the news was not good.
divine something from something Some journalists even tried to divine meaning from the star's body language during the interview.
4
to search for water or minerals underground by holding horizontally in your hands a Y-shaped rod or stick, the end of which suddenly points down slightly when water or minerals are below it:

Examples:

divining rod They use forked sticks as divining rods for locating buried treasure and underground water.
5
connected with or like God or a god:

Examples:

divine love
6
extremely good or pleasing:

Examples:

The dessert was simply divine.
7
to guess something, or to discover something without being told about it:

Examples:

[ + that clause ] I divined from his grim expression that the news was bad.

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