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oracle
/ˈɔɹəkəl/
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What does oracle mean?
noun
- A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
- A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice.
- A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A person considered to be a source of wisdom.
- A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
- A fortune-teller.
- One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet.
- A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions.
- A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world.
- (archaic, figuratively) Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration.
- (historical) The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself.
proper noun
- A database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation
verb
- (obsolete) To utter oracles or prophecies.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔɹəkəl/
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E’en should he vary somewhat in his story, He cannot make the death of Laius In any wise jump with the oracle.
Sometimes an old man, standing upon the brink of eternity, might reveal to a chosen few the oracle of his long-past youth.
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He is evidently the Sir Oracle of them, and I should think must have been in his time a most dictatorial person.
As they had then a powerful fleet, the oracle gave them rational advice, which had the effect of saving the Athenian people.
Brujon, who was somewhat of an oracle, and who had, as the reader knows, “put up the job,” had not as yet spoken.