/aðiβiˈnaɾ/
#1157 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to guess, to predict
Word origin
From Latin divinare ('to foresee, to prophesy'), from divinus ('divine'), the idea being to know what belongs to the gods.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- divinare
- English cognates
- divine, divination
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular
Examples
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I bet you cannot guess who has come!
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Guess a number between one and ten.
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No one could predict the ending of the story.
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She managed to guess my intentions straight away.
, piénsala .
Do not try to guess the answer, think it through.
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