[おんみょうどう;おんようどう, onmyoudou ; onyoudou] (n) Onmyoudou; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements [Add to Longdo]
[うんき, unki] (n) (1) cloud; look of the sky; movement of clouds; (2) kabuki accessory representing a cloud; (3) type of strange mist appearing in the sky, used for divination[Add to Longdo]
[かそう, kasou] (n) construction of a house (divination term) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Divination \Div`i*na"tion\, n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare,
divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F.
divination. See {Divine}.]
1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future
events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
preternatural means.
[1913 Webster]
There shall not be found among you any one that . .
. useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. --Deut. xviii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
divination was supposed to be effected by a divine
afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites,
omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails
of animals, etc.
[1913 Webster]
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
conjectural presage; prediction.
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Birds which do give a happy divination of things to
come. --Sir T.
North.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divination
n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn:
{prophecy}, {divination}]
3: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: {divination}, {foretelling},
{soothsaying}, {fortune telling}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
