as in anticipated
to realize or know about beforehand
it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him
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Recent Examples of divined
My lack of tact and legibility is divined.
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Morgan Parker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
For no other game will there be as much divined as there is after the first one, which accounts for just more than one half of 1% of the Major League Baseball season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The internet is full of polls that have divined, by soliciting votes from film critics and filmmakers, what are ostensibly the greatest movies of all time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
The Etruscan civilization 2,400 years ago in ancient Italy, experts say, believed the future could be divined using chickens, which were said to embody magical qualities.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Morgan Parker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
For no other game will there be as much divined as there is after the first one, which accounts for just more than one half of 1% of the Major League Baseball season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
The internet is full of polls that have divined, by soliciting votes from film critics and filmmakers, what are ostensibly the greatest movies of all time.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
The Etruscan civilization 2,400 years ago in ancient Italy, experts say, believed the future could be divined using chickens, which were said to embody magical qualities.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divined
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This upcoming edition was already the buzziest in years since usually secretive Apple has publicly promised to showcase anticipated AI advances.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
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However, several blockbuster IPOs, such as the SpaceX offering that could value the company at $1 trillion, are anticipated in the coming months.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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He's even designed to take a fall without sustaining serious damage, so Imagineers foresaw the inevitable when releasing an animatronic out into the busy park environment.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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In 1685, Giovanni Borelli, the Italian physicist, foresaw a world where machines driven by pulleys could ape the actions of animals.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Divined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divined. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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