Noun: divination ,di-vu'ney-shun
- The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretence of prophecy) by supernatural means
"The carnival fortune teller practised divination in her colourful tent";
- foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
- A prediction uttered under divine inspiration
"The ancient divination foretold the fall of the empire";
- prophecy
- Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
"Her divination of the company's future proved remarkably accurate"
Derived forms: divinations
Type of: conjecture, forecasting, foretelling, guess, hypothesis, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, vaticination
Encyclopedia: Divination