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adjective

as in predicting

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noun

as in divination

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divining

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verb

present participle of divine
as in anticipating
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 divining
Noun
His wife had emerged and was moving through the apartment with the room thermometer held out in front of her like a divining rod. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026 Astronauts could, in principle, descend into the treacherously dark and cold craters to look for themselves, but most of this water divining will be conducting by robots. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
But divining Gaudí's intentions has required detective work, because during the Spanish Civil War, anarchists protesting the Catholic Church set fire to parts of the structure, and smashed Gaudí's models into 8,000 pieces. — Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 June 2026 Don’t assume all assets are equal When divorcing spouses are deciding how to divvy up assets, a financial adviser can play a crucial role in divining what different assets are actually worth. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divining
  1. wondrous
  2. divination
  3. anticipating
  4. fortune-telling
  5. forecasting
  6. foreseeing
  7. predicting
  8. soothsaying
Adjective
  • The wondrous story was adapted by frequent Laika collaborator Chris Butler from the epic 2011 novel written by Colin Meloy (frontman for indie rock band the Decemberists, whose original music is featured here) and illustrated by Carson Ellis.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Otherworlds are just like the aes sidhe themselves, beautiful and beguiling and full of wondrous magic, but to be feared and avoided nonetheless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of wondrous
Noun
  • That’s the practice of fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Oracles, prophets and practices of divination offered guidance from inscrutable or enigmatic sources when ordinary human judgment reached its limits.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of divination
Verb
  • Markets were already anticipating the Democrats to win the House of Representatives and possibly take Senate control.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Rising costs and unpopular foreign policy decisions have some experts anticipating a blue wave.
    — NPR, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of anticipating
Adjective
  • Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Definition of fortune-telling
Noun
  • Some states have requested on-the-ground assistance from the CDC, including Pennsylvania, which received one person to help with data analysis and outbreak forecasting.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The information could also support drainage planning, insurance risk assessments, and weather forecasting models.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Verb
  • Perhaps foreseeing the end of his own long walk in the woods, Redford sold the Sundance Mountain Resort in 2020 to Broadreach Capital Partners and Cedar Capital Partners.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Nate Davis does the honors again, foreseeing the winners of all 272 regular-season games to propose win-loss records for all 32 teams.
    — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of foreseeing
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of predicting
Noun
  • While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That is to say, it was preceded by soothsayings of unparalleled gloom, which faded at the first kick of a ball.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of soothsaying

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“Divining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divining. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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