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divine

di·vine
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dih-vahyn]
    • /dɪˈvaɪn/
    • /dɪˈvaɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dih-vahyn]
    • /dɪˈvaɪn/

Definitions of divine word

  • adjective divine of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being. 1
  • adjective divine addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship. 1
  • adjective divine proceeding from God or a god: divine laws; divine guidance. 1
  • adjective divine godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity. 1
  • adjective divine heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom. 1
  • adjective divine extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice. 1

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Origin of divine

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Latin dīvīnus, equivalent to dīv(us) god + -īnus -ine1; replacing Middle English devin(e) < Old French devin < Latin, as above

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Parts of speech for Divine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

divine popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for divine

verb divine

  • visualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
  • foresee — to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
  • deduce — If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
  • foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
  • discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.

adjective divine

  • heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
  • celestial — of or in the sky or universe, as planets or stars
  • godly — conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.
  • deific — making divine or exalting to the position of a god
  • godlike — like or befitting God or a god; divine.

noun divine

  • clericals — the distinctive dress of a member of the clergy
  • friar — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
  • sermonise — to deliver or compose a sermon; preach.
  • revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
  • priest — a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.

general divine

  • scriptural — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.

Antonyms for divine

verb divine

  • measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
  • calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
  • know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.

adjective divine

  • earthly — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
  • hellish — of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
  • irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
  • irreverent — not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.
  • ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.

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