divine

B1 Topic:Religion & Belief

US /dɪˈvaɪn/ See IPA manual

Freq #3754

Meanings

1

adj
Coming from or relating to a god.

They believed the king ruled by divine right.
2

adj
Extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable.

The chocolate cake was absolutely divine.
3

verb
To discover or guess something through insight or unusual means.

She seemed able to divine exactly what I was thinking.

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Synonyms

1 adj · coming from or relating to... godlike godly holy sacred

2 adj · extremely good, beautiful,... inspired

More deific

Opposites

nondivineundivineungodlikeungodly

Word family

Forms divineddivinelydivinerdivinesdivinestdivining

Derived forms all-divineantidivinearchdivinedemidivinedivinabledivineddivinelikedivinelydivinementdivinenessdivinerdivineress

Related forms celestialdivinaildivinaldivinationdivinatordivinatorialdivinatorydivinatricedivinifydivinipotentdivinisedivinistre

Etymology

Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

deviner Middle French dīvīnō Latin

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# divine

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈvaɪn/
**Frequency rank:** 3754

## Meanings
1. Coming from or relating to a god.
2. Extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable.
3. To discover or guess something through insight or unusual means.

## Examples
- They believed the king ruled by divine right.
- The chocolate cake was absolutely divine.
- She seemed able to divine exactly what I was thinking.

## Synonyms
- deific
- godlike
- godly

## Antonyms
- nondivine
- undivine
- ungodlike
- ungodly

## Derived Forms
- all-divine
- antidivine
- archdivine
- demidivine
- divinable
- divined
- divinelike
- divinely
- divinement
- divineness
- diviner
- divineress

## Related Forms
- celestial
- divinail
- divinal
- divination
- divinator
- divinatorial
- divinatory
- divinatrice
- divinify
- divinipotent
- divinise
- divinistre

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deviner
- Root: dīvīnō

## Etymology
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

## AI Etymology
Divine replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō. In current use, the main senses are “Coming from or relating to a god” and “Extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable”.

## Topics
- Religion & Belief

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