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
Ultimately, though, Saijo divined the phenomenology of the pursuit.
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Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
My lack of tact and legibility is divined.
—
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.
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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.
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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.
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Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
That icky moment was indeed a truth from Mescal, which O'Connor easily divined.
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Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
My lack of tact and legibility is divined.
—
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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The hottest temperatures of 2026 are expected this week and by Tuesday afternoon, temperatures are anticipated to reach into the 90s.
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The one-two punch of heat and humidity is anticipated to reach Eastern states by midweek, AccuWeather said, possibly lingering through the Independence Day weekend.
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The sociologist Max Weber foresaw the paralysis of this bureaucratization that is now unleashing a rising fury against democracy itself.
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In 2016, Henry foresaw Alan Thicke having health issues months before Thicke died.
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“Divined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divined. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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