C2verbformalpsychologylanguage
US/dɪˈvaɪn/
UK/dɪˈvaɪn/
to discover or guess something using intuition or clues, not because you were told
More often (adjective): connected with God or a god; also (informal) very good
In context
I could not divine what she was thinking from her calm face.
Farmers once tried to divine the weather from the color of the sky.
It took the detective only minutes to divine the true motive.
Words that go with divine
verb + noun
- divine the truthNo one could divine the truth from his words.
- divine intentionsIt is hard to divine his real intentions.
- divine the meaningScholars tried to divine the meaning of the symbols.
- divine the futureSome people claim to divine the future.
verb + preposition
- divine fromShe divined his mood from his silence.