oracle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
computing
computing-theory
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n.
Inflected forms:
form: oracles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
pos: noun
examples: The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.
gloss: A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
pos: noun
gloss: A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
pos: noun
examples: The several oracles included in this haftarah presumably were uttered at different times to the people in exile, presenting diverse themes and using distinct styles.
gloss: Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
figuratively
examples: Fight all couragiouſly and be you kings,
I ſpeake it, and my words are oracles.
Shee ſtiles her ſelfe their Chiefe, and ſweares ſhee will command; / And, what-ſo-ere ſhee ſaith, for Oracles muſt ſtand.
gloss: A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
pos: noun
examples: a literary oracle
oracles of mode
The country rectors […] thought him an oracle on points of learning.
gloss: A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
pos: noun
gloss: A fortune-teller.
pos: noun
examples: "Madame de l'Hôpital has been quite la fée bienfaisante" said Lauzun, who, like others, had been consulting the oracle. "I am bewildered by my future good fortune. I quite anticipate being married, if it is to bring me all that she predicts."
gloss: One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
pos: noun
examples: God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.
gloss: The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
pos: noun
tags: Jewish
historical
examples: And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God.
gloss: A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
pos: noun
examples: Thus, an oracle machine (which enacts an oracle algorithm) would be like an ordinary Turing machine, except that adjoined to its ordinary computational operations would be another operation: ‘Call in the oracle and ask it whether C_q(n) stops; […]
gloss: A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.
pos: noun
examples: For example, an oracle may send temperature data reported by the National Weather Service or report the daily LIBOR rate to a smart contract.
Synonyms: ariolater
Chaldean
clairvoyant
divinator
diviner
duckerer
foreteller
fortuneteller
oracle
precog
precognitive
predictor
prognosticator
prophet
pythonist
scryer
seer
soothsayer
sortilegus
spaer
Related words: divination
precognition
predict
magician
shape-shifter
Derived words: alphabet oracle
dice oracle
Goracle
oracally
oracle bone
oracle bone script
oracle card
oraclelike
oracle machine
work the oracle
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