Meaning & use
divine
Of, from, or resembling a god; possessing holy or sacred qualities.
See it in a sentence
Many cultures describe the sunrise as a divine gift renewed each day.
The choir's harmony sounded almost divine in the stone cathedral.
A note on using this word
Divine is sometimes used loosely as an exaggeration for something wonderful, as in 'this cake is divine.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
earthlymundane
Another way to use it
2. verb
To discover or guess something through intuition, insight, or careful reasoning rather than direct evidence.
She tried to divine his true feelings from the tone of his short email.
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