Crossword-Solution: ORACLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Oracle | n. | The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle. |
| Oracle | n. | Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given. |
| Oracle | n. | The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural. |
| Oracle | n. | The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. |
| Oracle | n. | One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet. |
| Oracle | n. | Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle. |
| Oracle | n. | A wise sentence or decision of great authority. |
| Oracle | v. i. | To utter oracles. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ORACLE | anagram | ARCOLE, AROLCE, CALORE, CAROLE, COALER, COELAR, COLAER, CORALE, LEARCO, RECOAL |
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Sentences with ORACLE (5)
All that we know about him is contained in a few lines of Herodotus: that he flourished 550 B.C.; was killed in accordance with a Delphian oracle; and that _wergild_ was claimed for him by the grandson of his master, Iadmon.
Storr, BA Formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge From the Loeb Library Edition Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London First published in 1912 ARGUMENT To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother.
Should kings and nations from thy mouth consult, Thy counsel would be as the oracle Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems On Aaron’s breast, or tongue of Seers old Infallible; or, wert thou sought to deeds That might require the array of war, thy skill Of conduct would be such that all the world Could not sustain thy prowess, or subsist In battle, though against thy few in arms.
The respectful attention shown to him by Socrates, whose love of conversation, no less than the mission imposed upon him by the Oracle, leads him to ask questions of all men, young and old alike, should also be noted.
The statue is incomparable, the finest of all mounted figures, unless that of Marcus Aurelius, who rides benignant before the Roman Capitol, be finer: but I was not thinking of that; I only found myself staring at the triumphant captain as if he had an oracle on his lips.
Quotes with ORACLE (3)
I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves as wise men and are taken as such, when they are nothing of the sort. From poets, I moved to artists. No one was more ignorant about the arts than I; no one was more convinced that artists possessed really beautiful secrets. However, I noticed that their condition was no better than that of the poets and that both of them have the same misconcepti…
I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed in disproving the oracle and pointing out to my divine authority 'You said that I was the wisest of men, but here is a man who is wiser than I am.' Well, I gave a thorough examination to this person... and in conversation with him I formed the impression that although in many people's opinion, and especially in his own, he appeared to be wise, in fact he was not.…
The web was such a vital part of my life. It was like an oracle, a book that never ran out of pages, and a window into a million different rooms all at once.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 419 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).