divination
/ˌdɪvɪˈneɪʃən/
noun
- The practice of trying to find out about the future or the unknown by using special methods, such as interpreting signs or symbols.
- In ancient Rome, priests practiced divination by studying the flight patterns of birds.
- Some people still use tarot cards as a tool for divination.
- Divination was often used by tribal leaders to decide when to plant crops or go to war.
- An unusually accurate guess or prediction.
- Her divination that the stock market would crash proved eerily correct.
- It was not luck but a kind of divination that allowed him to predict the winner of every race.
- The detective's divination about the location of the hidden evidence was spot on.
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