Oracle
noun
A person or thing that gives wise or powerful advice, often seen as a message from a god.
The ancient Greeks visited the oracle at Delphi to seek guidance on important matters.
Often appears as...
- the oracle of delphi
- seek advice from the oracle
noun
In computing, a system that manages databases and applications.
He is an expert in Oracle database management.
Often appears as...
- oracle database
- oracle systems
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Technical
noun
A response or decision given by an oracle.
The oracle's reply was cryptic and difficult to understand.
Often appears as...
- oracle's reply
- oracle's response
noun
A person or thing that gives wise or powerful advice, often seen as a message from a god.
The ancient Greeks visited the oracle at Delphi to seek guidance on important matters.
Often appears as...
- the oracle of delphi
- seek advice from the oracle
noun
In computing, a system that manages databases and applications.
He is an expert in Oracle database management.
Often appears as...
- oracle database
- oracle systems
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A response or decision given by an oracle.
The oracle's reply was cryptic and difficult to understand.
Often appears as...
- oracle's reply
- oracle's response
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Ancient Usage
Originally used to describe priests or priestesses who communicated with gods in ancient cultures.
In myth, heroes sought the oracle's guidance before embarking on their quests.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Wisdom
'Oracle' implies a deep, often mystical source of wisdom, beyond usual human experience.
She was considered the oracle in our group, always ready with insight.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Can reference culturally significant oracles, like the Oracle of Delphi, which are part of history or mythology.
The history book explained the role of the oracle in ancient society.
Pro Tip 1/3Ancient Usage
Originally used to describe priests or priestesses who communicated with gods in ancient cultures.
In myth, heroes sought the oracle's guidance before embarking on their quests.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Wisdom
'Oracle' implies a deep, often mystical source of wisdom, beyond usual human experience.
She was considered the oracle in our group, always ready with insight.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Can reference culturally significant oracles, like the Oracle of Delphi, which are part of history or mythology.
The history book explained the role of the oracle in ancient society.
Pro Tip 1/3Ancient Usage
Originally used to describe priests or priestesses who communicated with gods in ancient cultures.
In myth, heroes sought the oracle's guidance before embarking on their quests.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Wisdom
'Oracle' implies a deep, often mystical source of wisdom, beyond usual human experience.
She was considered the oracle in our group, always ready with insight.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Can reference culturally significant oracles, like the Oracle of Delphi, which are part of history or mythology.
The history book explained the role of the oracle in ancient society.
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Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...
but the key thing is that it was the place that Alexander the Great went to when he wanted to find out what his destiny had in store for him. And legend has it that Alexander trekked through this desert. Half his battalion was wiped out in the sandstorm. And myth says that he had an audience with the oracle,
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The human insights...
holding the orange notebook? Well, those were the temple guides, and they worked hand in hand with the oracle. When inquisitors would come and get on their knees, that's when the temple guides would get to work, because after they asked her questions, they would observe their emotional state,
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Can we build AI without...
that has no safety concerns. We have the perfect design the first time around. It's as though we've been handed an oracle that behaves exactly as intended. Well, this machine would be the perfect labor-saving device. It can design the machine that can build the machine
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History through the eyes...
However, for a long time, the chicken’s revered status continued to exist alongside its culinary one. The Ancient Greeks used fighting roosters as inspirational examples for young soldiers. The Romans consulted chickens as oracles. And as late as the 7th Century,
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Capitalism will eat...
out of work. And consequently, low aggregate demand, which in a never-ending cycle, reinforces the pessimism of the investors, who, fearing low demand, reproduce it by not investing -- exactly like Oedipus' father, who, terrified by the prophecy of the oracle
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If I controlled the...
as I think a modern-day miracle/oracle can get, but, ooh-eee, you want to bet just how whack and un-PC your Mac or PC is going to be when I'm rocking hot-shit-hot-shot-god.net? I guess it's just like life. It is not a question of if you can --
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Why tragedies are...
about a man who doesn't know he was adopted, and is warned by an oracle that he's destined to murder his father and marry his mother. In trying to escape this fate, he kills a man who won't get out of his way at a crossroad.
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A day in the life of an...
establishing the city as the best place in the world to seek guidance directly from the God of Prophecy. Well, almost directly. At any given time, a single oracle known as the Pythia communicates Apollo’s will.
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Will automation take...
and of course, many scholars, pundits, technologists and media figures today. These predictions strike me as arrogant. These self-proclaimed oracles are in effect saying,
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
feet up in a fig tree well it's actually a fig that has sort of encapsulated a big dipped oracle tree and this is another blind this is me about 150 feet
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Euvin Naidoo: Africa as...
but the key thing is that it was the place that Alexander the Great went to when he wanted to find out what his destiny had in store for him. And legend has it that Alexander trekked through this desert. Half his battalion was wiped out in the sandstorm. And myth says that he had an audience with the oracle,
Video examples
The human insights...
holding the orange notebook? Well, those were the temple guides, and they worked hand in hand with the oracle. When inquisitors would come and get on their knees, that's when the temple guides would get to work, because after they asked her questions, they would observe their emotional state,
Video examples
Can we build AI without...
that has no safety concerns. We have the perfect design the first time around. It's as though we've been handed an oracle that behaves exactly as intended. Well, this machine would be the perfect labor-saving device. It can design the machine that can build the machine
Video examples
History through the eyes...
However, for a long time, the chicken’s revered status continued to exist alongside its culinary one. The Ancient Greeks used fighting roosters as inspirational examples for young soldiers. The Romans consulted chickens as oracles. And as late as the 7th Century,
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
out of work. And consequently, low aggregate demand, which in a never-ending cycle, reinforces the pessimism of the investors, who, fearing low demand, reproduce it by not investing -- exactly like Oedipus' father, who, terrified by the prophecy of the oracle
Video examples
If I controlled the...
as I think a modern-day miracle/oracle can get, but, ooh-eee, you want to bet just how whack and un-PC your Mac or PC is going to be when I'm rocking hot-shit-hot-shot-god.net? I guess it's just like life. It is not a question of if you can --
Video examples
Why tragedies are...
about a man who doesn't know he was adopted, and is warned by an oracle that he's destined to murder his father and marry his mother. In trying to escape this fate, he kills a man who won't get out of his way at a crossroad.
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
establishing the city as the best place in the world to seek guidance directly from the God of Prophecy. Well, almost directly. At any given time, a single oracle known as the Pythia communicates Apollo’s will.
Video examples
Will automation take...
and of course, many scholars, pundits, technologists and media figures today. These predictions strike me as arrogant. These self-proclaimed oracles are in effect saying,
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
feet up in a fig tree well it's actually a fig that has sort of encapsulated a big dipped oracle tree and this is another blind this is me about 150 feet
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Jack Canfield
American Author
In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.
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Dave Morris
British Author
A very great deal is written about the future of book publishing - much more than on its present or past - and the only takeaway from all these oracles seems to be that a great empire will be destroyed.
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William Godwin
English Writer
Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions.
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Safra A. Catz
American Businesswoman
Netweaver was going to be the number one middleware player in the world. We heard about Netweaver day and night. Oracle became number one. No one talks about Netweaver.
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John Morley
British Statesman
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
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Robert Rauschenberg
American Artist
Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.
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Lord Salisbury
English Politician
One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.
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Selah Louise Marley
My mother's music speaks to me as an oracle.
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Luis Barragan
Mexican Architect
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.
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Jack Canfield
American Author
In working with top leaders and thought philosophers of our time, I will tell you that among their secrets of success is a regular practice of acknowledging and appreciating what they have. It can offer an oracle into the future because it not only tells you where you are, but it also helps clarify where you want to go in life.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
If you go back a few hundred years, what we take for granted today would seem like magic - being able to talk to people over long distances, to transmit images, flying, accessing vast amounts of data like an oracle. These are all things that would have been considered magic a few hundred years ago.
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Dave Morris
British Author
A very great deal is written about the future of book publishing - much more than on its present or past - and the only takeaway from all these oracles seems to be that a great empire will be destroyed.
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
Let no man despise the oracles of books! A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh and motion and a boundless variety of determinations and actions.
Quote examples
Safra A. Catz
American Businesswoman
Netweaver was going to be the number one middleware player in the world. We heard about Netweaver day and night. Oracle became number one. No one talks about Netweaver.
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John Morley
British Statesman
They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.
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Robert Rauschenberg
American Artist
Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.
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Lord Salisbury
English Politician
One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.
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Selah Louise Marley
My mother's music speaks to me as an oracle.
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Luis Barragan
Mexican Architect
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.
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