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How to pronounce oracle
Say it like this: /ˈɔɹəkəl/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does oracle mean?
nounA shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity.
“The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.”
A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecies or advice.
A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given.
verbTo utter oracles or prophecies.
“But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd; No more shalt thou by oracling abuse The Gentiles; henceforth Oracles are ceast”
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