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# divination

«divination» in Mova's school dictionary: **Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (uncountable; also a divination)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#m1)

2) A clever guess or insight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and religion lessons, many ancient peoples practised divination, such as the oracle at Delphi or Chinese oracle bones. In fantasy stories, divination is a kind of magic. In science lessons, it is an example of a claim that has no scientific evidence. The Bible forbids divination for believers. Phrases: «a form of divination», «practise divination».

### examples

- The ancient Greeks visited the oracle for divination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x1)
- Reading tea leaves is a kind of divination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x2)
- In the story, the witch taught divination with a crystal ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x3)
- Chinese kings used oracle bones for divination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x4)
- There is no scientific evidence that divination can predict the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x5)
- The Bible tells believers not to practise divination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/#x6)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Related: divine (to guess by magic, or relating to God), diviner (a person who does it). «Water divining» or dowsing is searching for water with a stick; tests have not shown it works.

### In the corpora

- [Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.568/)
- [For there shall be no more any vain vision nor smooth divination within the house of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.251/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «divination» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divination/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.