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Definition: Oracle |
OracleNoun1. An authoritative person who divines the future. 2. A prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible. 3. A shrine where an oracular god is consulted. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "oracle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Oracle In the Old Testament used in every case, except 2 Sam. 16:23, to denote the most holy place in the temple (1 Kings 6:5, 19-23; 8:6). In 2 Sam. 16:23 it means the Word of God. A man inquired "at the oracle of God" by means of the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate on the high priest's ephod. In the New Testament it is used only in the plural, and always denotes the Word of God (Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12, etc.). The Scriptures are called "living oracles" (comp. Heb. 4:12) because of their quickening power (Acts 7:38). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Computing | A relational database programming system incorporating the SQL programming language. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A broadcast television text message service simular to Ceefax. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geological | Headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, Oracle provides relational database products, development tools, and client/server applications.For more information, see the Oracle homepage. (references) |
Literature | Oracle The answer of a god or inspired priest to an inquiry respecting the future; the deity giving responses; the place where the deity could be consulted, etc. Oracle The following are famous responses:- (1) When Croesus consulted the Delphic oracle respecting a projected war, he received for answer, "Croesus Halyn penetrans magnum, pervertet opum vim" (When Croesus passes over the river Halys, he will overthrow the strength of an empire). Croesus supposed the oracle meant he would overthrow the enemy's empire, but it was his own that he destroyed. (2) Pyrrhus, being about to make war against Rome, was told by the oracle: "Aio te, AEacide, Romanos vincere posse" (I say, Pyrrhus, that you the Romans can conquer), which may mean either You, Pyrrhus, can overthrow the Romans, or Pyrrhus, the Romans can overthrow you. (3) Another prince, consulting the oracle concerning a projected war, received for answer, "Ibis redibis nunquam per bella peribis" (You shall go shall return never you shall perish by the war), It will be seen that the whole gist of this response depends on the place of the omitted comma; it may be You shall return, you shall never perish in the war, or You shall return never, you shall perish in the war, which latter was the fact. (4) Philip of Macedon sent to ask the oracle of Delphi if his Persian expedition would prove successful, and received for answer- "The ready victim crowned for death Before the altar stands." Philip took it for granted that the "ready victim" was the King of Persia, but it was Philip himself. (5) When the Greeks sent to Delphi to know if they would succeed against the Persians, they were told- "Seed-time and harvest, weeping sires shall tell How thousands fought at Salamis and fell." But whether the Greeks or the Persians were to be "the weeping sires," deponent stateth not, nor whether the thousands "about to fall" were to be Greeks or Persians. (See Punctuation.) (6) When Maxentius was about to encounter Constantine, he consulted the guardians of the Sibylline Books as to the fate of the battle, and the prophetess told him, "Illo die hostem Romanorum case periturum," but whether Maxentius or Constantine was "the enemy of the Roman people" the oracle left undecided. (7) In the Bible we have a similar equivoke: When Ahab, King of Israel, was about to wage war on the king of Syria, and asked Micaiah if Ramoth-Gilead would fall into his hands, the prophet replied, "Go, for the Lord will deliver the city into the hands of the king" (1 Kings xxii. 15, 35). Ahab thought that he himself was the king referred to, but the city fell into the hands of the king of Syria. There are scores of punning prophecies equally equivocal. Oracle (Sir). A dogmatical person, one not to be gainsaid. The ancient oracles professed to be the responses of the gods, from which there could be no appeal. "I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark." Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, i. 1. To work the oracle. To induce another to favour some plan or join in some project. "They fetched a rattling price through Starlight's working the oracle with those swells."- Boldrewood: Robbery under Arms, chap. xii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | Proprietary name for the IBA teletext service. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Alternate usages of Oracle : Oracle (disambiguation)
Oracles are human beings who make predictions, or offer insight, based on a (claimed) connection to the Gods. In the ancient world many sites gained a reputation for the dispensing of oracular wisdom: they too became known as "oracles".
In classical Greece, the pre-eminent oracle was the one at the temple of Apollo at Delphi: Sybil (or Pythia). This oracle exerted considerable influence across the country, and was consulted before all major undertakings -- wars, the founding of colonies, and so forth. She also was respected by the semi-Hellenic countries around the Greek world, such as Macedonia, Lydia, Caria, and even Egypt. Croesus of Lydia consulted Delphi before attacking Persia, and according to Herodotus received the answer "if you do, you will destroy a great empire." Croesus found the response favorable and attacked, and was utterly overthrown.
The oracle is also said to have proclaimed Socrates the wisest man in Greece, to which Socrates said that if so, this was because he alone was aware of his own ignorance. In the 3rd century A.D., the oracle (perhaps bribed) declared that the god would no longer speak there.
Dodona became the second most important oracle in ancient Greece, dedicated to Zeus, Heracles and Dione.
Another oracle of note lay in Egypt, in a temple dedicated to Ammon, whom the Greeks associated with Zeus. Alexander the Great had visited it, and though what he asked it is unknown, it is certain the oracle hailed him as Ammon's son, which influenced his conceptions of his own divinity.
On Crete lay another important oracle, to Apollo. It was considered one of the most accurate oracles in Greece.
In Norse mythology, the severed head of the god Mimir was taken by Odin to Asgard for consultation as an oracle.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle."
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The ORACLE or Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) architecture developed by John von Neumann. As with all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with other computers (even other IAS machines).Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ORACLE."
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Oracle could refer to any of these :Oracle - a person who makes predictions based on a claimed connection to the Gods. Oracle Corporation is a database software company.
Oracle database is its popular database product. See Oracle machine for the "oracle" in theoretical computer science. The Internet Oracle is an attempt at collective humor that operates through email. "The Oracle" is the name of a character (played by Gloria Foster and Mary Alice) in the Matrix series. The Monmouth College Oracle was formerly the student newspaper of Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. It was succeeded by the Monmouth College Courier. ORACLE was also a teletext service on ITV. It was replaced by Teletext.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle (disambiguation)."
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Oracle Corporation, one of the major companies developing database management systems and tools for database development, dates from 1977 and has offices in more than 145 countries around the world.
Lawrence J. Ellison (Larry Ellison) has served as Oracle's CEO for several years. He also as of 2003 functions as chairman of the company. Forbes magazine once adjudged Ellison the richest man in the world.
History
Ellison was inspired by the paper written by Edgar F. Codd on relational database systems named A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks. He founded Oracle in 1977 under the name Software Development Laboratories, later to be renamed Oracle after the flagship product Oracle database. He had heard about the IBM System R database, also based on Codd's theories, and wanted Oracle to be compatible with it, but IBM stopped this by keeping the error codes for their DBMS secret.Products
As of 2003 Oracle Corporation still shipped release 9i as the latest version of the Oracle database. Oracle 9i application server (9iAS) using J2EE comprises the server part of that version of the database, making it possible to deploy web technology applications. The strong interrelationship between Oracle 9i and Java has enabled the company to allow developers to set up stored procedures written in the Java language, as well as those written in the traditional Oracle database programming language, PL/SQL.Oracle Corporation's tools for developing applications include Oracle Designer, Oracle Developer, Oracle JDeveloper, and several more. Many external and third-party tools make the Oracle database administrator's tasks easier.
Besides databases, Oracle now also sells applications (and the application server called 9iAS) that run exclusively through a browser and the internet. Their slogan is "You can't break it, You can't break in", to signify the increasing demands on information safety. Oracle Corporation also stresses the reliability of networked databases and network access to databases as major selling points.
Headquarters
Oracle Corporation has its world headquarters on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Redwood Shores area of Redwood City, adjacent to Belmont, near San Carlos Airport (SQL).Related corporations
Other corporations which produce products relating to Oracle databases include:
- BMC
- Computer Associates
- Quest Software
- SAP
- Sun Microsystems
External links
- The Oracle Corporation website
- Quest Software
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle Corporation."
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The Oracle database is a relational database system from Oracle corporation extensively used in product and internet-based applications in different platforms. Oracle database was developed by Larry Ellison, along with friends and former coworkers Bob Miner and Ed Oates, who had started a consultancy called Software Development Laboratories (SDL). They called their finished product Oracle, after the code name of a CIA-funded project they had worked on at a previous employer, Ampex.
Data storage structure
Oracle stores data logically in the form of tablespaces and physically in the form of data files. Tablespaces are conceived based on the type of the data segments they contain, for e.g., Data Segments, Index Segments, Bootstrap Segments, etc. Segments in turn are made up of one or more extents. Extents are grouped based on contiguous data blocks. Data blocks are the basic unit of data storage. At the physical level, data files are made up of one or more data blocks, where the blocksize can be variable.
Oracle keeps track of data storage with the help of information stored in the System tablespace. System tablespace contains the Data Dictionary, indexes and clusters.
Schema is a set of DDL scripts to create tables. Oracle database installation comes with a default schema called scott. After the sample tables have been created, the user can log into the database with the user scott and password tiger. These names come from Bruce Scott who was one of the first employees at Oracle (then Software Development Laboratories). Tiger was the name of his cat.
History
Software Development Laboratories was founded in 1977. In 1979 SDL changed its company name to Relational Software, Inc (RSI) and introduced their product Oracle V2 as the first commercial relational database system. The version did not support transactions but implemented the basic SQL functionality of queries and joins. There was no version 1, instead the first version was called version 2 as a marketing strategy.
In 1983, RSI was renamed Oracle Corporation to more closely align itself with its flagship product. Oracle version 3 was released which had been re-written in the C Programming Language and supported commit and rollback transaction functionalities. Platform support was extended to UNIX with this version, which until then had run on Digital VAX/VMS systems.
In 1984, Oracle version 4 was released which supported read consistency.
Starting 1985, Oracle began supporting the Client-Server model, with networks becoming available in the mid 80s. Oracle version 5.0 supported distributed querying.
In 1988, Oracle entered the products market and developed its ERP product - Oracle Financials based on the Oracle Relational Database. Oracle version 6 was released with support for PL/SQL, row-level locking and hot backups.
In 1992, Oracle version 7 was released with support for integrity constraints, stored procedures and triggers.
In 1997, Oracle version 8 was released with support for object-oriented development and multimedia applications.
In 1999, Oracle 8i was released which is more in tune with the needs of the Internet (The i in the name stands for "Internet"). The database has a native Java Virtual Machine.
In 2001, Oracle 9i was released with 400 new features including the facilty to read and write XML documents.
In 2003, Oracle 10g was released. The g stands for "Grid"; one of the sales points of 10g is that it's "grid computing ready".
Version numbering conventions
Oracle's numbering conventions have confused many people; they warrant a brief explanation. Since version 8, Oracle's RDBMS release numbering has been as follows:
In addition to its powerful RDBMS, Oracle has released several related suites of applications. These have historically followed their own release numbering conventions. For example, Oracle Designer's upgrade path led from 6i to 2000 to 9i, when it was subsumed into Oracle Developer 9i. As of the RDBMS 10g release, Oracle seems to be making an effort to standardise all current versions of its major products on the "10g" label. This will be most confusing to Oracle Applications users, who will have to upgrade from version 11i to version 10g.
- Oracle 8: 8.0.0 - 8.0.6
- Oracle 8i: 8.1.5.0 - 8.1.7.4
- Oracle 9i: 9.0.1.0 - 9.0.1.4
- Oracle 9i: 9.2.0.1 - 9.2.0.4 (Latest current patchset as of October 2003)
- Oracle 10g
Database-related applications
Some of the major database-related suites of Oracle applications are:
Newbies to Oracle who need to get it up and running should check out the comp.databases.oracle Usenet discussion groups. Users who have Oracle support contracts should turn to Oracle's Metalink website, see below (requires password).
- Oracle Designer/Developer
- Oracle Forms
- Oracle Reports
- Oracle Applications
- Oracle HR
List of Firsts
- Oracle is the world's first RDBMS.
- Oracle is the first database product tested to comply with the ANSI SQL standard.
- Oracle is the first database to incorporate a native JRE
- Oracle is the first commercial RDBMS to become available on Linux (August 1999)
External links
- Oracle 9i Database page from oracle.com
- Oracle FAQ
- Oracle 8i documentation on Oracle's Technet
- Oracle 9.2 documentation on Oracle's Technet
- Metalink, Oracle's online support site; requires password
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle database."
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In complexity theory, an oracle is a black box that computes a function in a single step. This could be a function solving an NP-complete problem such as the subset sum problem. It could even be an uncomputable function like the halting problem.An oracle machine is a Turing machine connected to an oracle. The Turing machine can write on its own tape an input for the oracle, then tell the oracle to execute. In a single step, the oracle computes its function, erases its input, and writes its output to the tape. Sometimes the Turing machine is described as having two tapes, one of which is reserved for oracle inputs and outputs.
Clearly, for some oracles, the oracle machine will be more powerful than a simple Turing machine. It is possible to define complexity classes analogous to P and NP for this machine. This can be useful for investigating the relationship between P and NP.
For an oracle A, the corresponding classes are called PA and NPA. It has been shown that there exist oracles A and B such that PA=NPA and PB≠NPB. When a question such as this has different answers for different oracles, it is said to "relativize both ways". The fact that the P=NP question relativizes both ways is taken as evidence that answering this question will be difficult.
It is interesting to consider the case where an oracle is chosen randomly from among all possible oracles. It has been shown that if oracle A is chosen randomly, then with probability 1, PA≠NPA. When a question is true for almost all oracles, it is said to be true "for a random oracle". This is sometimes taken as evidence that P≠NP. Unfortunately, it is possible for some statement to be true for a random oracle, but not be true for ordinary Turing machines.
The term oracle machine is sometimes used to refer to a computer, especially a server, that runs Oracle Corporation's database management system.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle machine."
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Oracle is a town located in Pinal County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 3,563.Geography
Oracle is located at 32°36'58" North, 110°46'55" West (32.616030, -110.781854)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 29.5 km² (11.4 mi²). 29.5 km² (11.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 3,563 people, 1,384 households, and 1,004 families residing in the town. The population density is 120.9/km² (313.0/mi²). There are 1,534 housing units at an average density of 52.0/km² (134.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 77.01% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 1.52% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 17.26% from other races, and 3.79% from two or more races. 38.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,384 households out of which 31.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.0% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% are non-families. 23.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.03. In the town the population is spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,267, and the median income for a family is $46,026. Males have a median income of $37,667 versus $30,667 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,459. 10.0% of the population and 8.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.8% are under the age of 18 and 3.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oracle, Arizona."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ORACLE | English | Optimal Reception of Announcement by Coded Line Electronics | Computing |
ORACLE | German | Hersteller eines relationalen Datenbanksystems | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: OracleSynonyms: prophet (n), seer (n), vaticinator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Answer | Oedipus; oracle; return; (record). |
Blusterer | Puppy; (fop); prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office; saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx;puppy; (fop); prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office; saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx; bantam-cock. |
Certainty | Gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata, ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit. |
Equivocalness | Sphinx, Delphic oracle. |
Interpreter | Oneirocritic; (Edipus; oracle; ) |
Latency Implication | Noun: {ant. } latency, inexpression; hidden meaning, occult meaning; occultness, mystery, cabala, anagoge; silence; (taciturnity); concealment; more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic oracle; le dessous des cartes, undercurrent. |
Oracle | Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter. |
Prediction | Oracle. |
Sage | Authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, "second Daniel." |
Vanity | Vox et praeterea nihil; cheval de bataille. coxcomb; Sir Oracle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The Oracle told me that I would fall in love and that that manthat I loved would be the one. So you see, you can't be dead (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Wouldn't be much of an Oracle if I didn't (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Joining her in this struggle, Oracle, once Batman's protégé, Batgirl, she was caught in the crossfire of the war between Batman and Joker (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster) I am the Oracle. (Enter the Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) I wish for you to unlock this oracle and release Tapion the brave from it. (Dragon Ball Z; writing credit: Chris Forbis; Eric Johnson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Oracle (1953) L' Oracle de Delphes (1903) | |
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High Tech |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A Long Way Through a Short Life : The Oracle of Harley Street. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Quizzing an oracle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Alexander coercing the Delphian Oracle. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Titianus redivivus;-or-the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle ; a scene in the Academic Grove, No. 1 / Js. Gy., invt. & fect. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ethan Allen | Reason the only oracle of man. |
Rufus Choate | We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was an oracle everywhere |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasury of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Another area, one in which Oracle specializes, is customization of enterprise systems. (references) | |
Acer, Apple Computer, Microsoft, Oracle, and SGS are some of the other major IT businesses operating in India. (references) | ||
Certifications from Microsoft, Oracle, Lotus, Cisco, Novell, Baan, SAP, PeopleSoft, Autodesk, and IBM were the most prominent. (references) | ||
Economic History | Ecuador | U.S. hardware (IBM, Xerox) and software (Microsoft, Oracle) companies are also active. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Major brands include American Dell, IBM, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Packard Bell, Gateway, Apple, Sun, Digital, Microsoft and Oracle. (references) | |
Mauritius | Microsoft, IBM, HP and Oracle have opened up offices in Mauritius, responsible for regional distribution in the Indian Ocean markets. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Oracle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.38% of the time. "Oracle" is used about 279 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 67.38% | 188 | 22,417 |
| Noun (proper) | 29.03% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Noun (common) | 3.58% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 279 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Oracle Corporation Japan | USA | Oracle Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Oracle, AZ (CDP, FIPS 51180) |
Expressions using "oracle": Delphic oracle ♦ oracle 7 ♦ oracle Card ♦ oracle Corporation ♦ oracle of Apollo ♦ oracle of Delphi ♦ oracle Rdb ♦ oracle Toolkit ♦ Sir Oracle ♦ work the oracle ♦ Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "oracle": oracle-based, oracle-expert, oracle-experts, oracle-interpretation, oracle-optimised, oracle-related, oracle-running. | |
Ending with "oracle": non-oracle, Sql-to-oracle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "oracle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | orakull, profet (messiah, prophet, seer), fatthënie. (various references) | |
Arabic | نبوءة (prediction, prophecy), وحي (afflatus, inspiration, revelation), وسيط الوحي كاهن عند الإغريق, المشاور الحكيم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | светото писание (holy writ, scripture, testimonies), светая светих (sanctum), оракул, откровение (eye opener, revelation, vision), неясно изказване, мъдрост (sapience, sentence, wisdom), загадъчно изказване, пророчество (prophecy, vaticination), предсказание (forecast, presage, prognostic, prophecy), истина (fact, low down, sooth, troth, truth). (various references) | |
Chinese | 神谕, 神諭 . (various references) | |
Czech | orákulum, vìštec (diviner, fortune teller, prophet, soothsayer), vìštba (prophecy). (various references) | |
Dutch | orakel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | oraklo. (various references) | |
Farsi | پیشگوءی (Augury, Omen, Prediction, Prophecy, Sooth), وحی (Inspiration, Revelation, Vision), سروش (Gabriel), الهام الهی , دانشمند (Erudite, Pundit, Savant, Scientist). (various references) | |
Finnish | oraakkeli. (various references) | |
French | oracle. (various references) | |
German | Orakel. (various references) | |
Greek | μαντείο, χρησμόσ μαντείου, χρησμόσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | אורים ותומים, אורקל, בוא" (prediction, prophecy, sooth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | orákulum, nagy bölcsesség (store of wisdom), nagy bölcs, jóslat (crystal, forecast, prognosis, prognostication, prophecy), jóshely, jós (augur, diviner, foreboder, forecaster, fortune teller, fortune-teller, predictor, prophet, prophetic, seer, soothsayer). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ramalan (forecast, horoscope, prediction). (various references) | |
Italian | oracolo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 託宣 , 神託 , 神勅 , お告' (divine message, revelation), 御告 (divine message), オメガ航法 (Holland, Horatio, omega navigation, orangutan, oratorio, sauce Hollandaise, The Netherlands). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たくせ", おつ' (divine message, revelation), し"たく (a branch family, a new house, entrusting, trust), し"ちょく (progress, under way), オラクル . (various references) | |
Korean | 탁. (various references) | |
Manx | ynnyd faishnagh, oracle. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oracleay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | oráculo. (various references) | |
Romanian | oracol, profet (augur, diviner, predictor, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer), profeţie (prediction, prevision), prezicere (divination, forecast, prediction), precizator. (various references) | |
Russian | оракул, непреложная истина (established truth), предсказание (forecast, presage, prognostic, vaticination, weird). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prorok (augur, diviner, prophet, seer, soothsayer), proročanstvo (prophecy), mudra odluka. (various references) | |
Spanish | oráculo. (various references) | |
Swedish | orakel. (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ให้คำปรึกษา (counsellor, counselor), คำทำนาย. (various references) | |
Turkish | vahiy (apocalypse, inspiration, revelation, testimony), uzman (adept, authority, connoisseur, dab, dabster, Don, expert, fiend, judge, professional, proficient, regular, specialist, technician), torpil (backing, friend at court, influence, mine, pie, pull, push, torpedo), keramet (miracle), kehanette bulunmak (augur, cast, denounce, divine, foretell, omen, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate), kehanet (augury, denouncement, divination, omen, oracular, portent, prediction, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, second sight, Sibylline, soothsaying, vaticination), kâhin (augur, diviner, predictor, prophet, seer, soothsayer), ilham (afflatus, inspiration, prompting, revelation), iş bilen kimse, ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, favour, franchise, immunity, incident, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суддя (beak, bencher, court, judge, justice, magistrate, umpire), святе письмо (holy writ, scripture), храм, де пророкували оракули, віщування (presage, soothsaying), визнаний авторитет, оракул, незаперечна істина, жрець (sacrificer, votary), біблія, путівник (guide book, itinerary, vade mecum), пророцтво (prediction, prophecy, vaticination), порадник. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thánh nhân, người chỉ đường vạch lối, lời tiên tri nh tiên tri người có uy tín, lời sấm, chạy thợ. (various references) | |
Welsh | oracl, cafell (cell, sanctuary). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gara. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fado, oraculi, oraculo, oraculum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epoihsen en tw dabir duo ceroubin deka phcewn megeqoV estaqmwmenon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et fecit in oraculo duo cherubin de lignis olivarum decem cubitorum altitudinis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And made in Goddis answerynge place two cherubyn of the trees of olyues, of ten cubitis of heiyt; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Ug diha sa pulong sa Dios siya naghimo ug duha ka querubin sa kahoy nga olivo, ang tagsatagsa tagpulo ka maniko ang kahabogon. |
| Croatian | U Debiru naèini dva kerubina od maslinova drveta. Bili su visoki deset lakata. |
| Danish | I Inderhallen satte han to Keruber af vildt Oliventræ, ti Alen høje; |
| Dutch | In de aanspraakplaats nu maakte hij twee cherubs van olieachtig hout; elks hoogte was tien ellen. |
| Finnish | Ja hän teki kaikkeinpyhimpään kaksi kerubia öljypuusta, kymmenen kyynärän korkuista; |
| French | Il fit dans le sanctuaire deux chérubins de bois d`olivier sauvage, ayant dix coudées de hauteur. |
| German | Er machte auch im Chor zwei Cherubim, zehn Ellen hoch, von Ölbaumholz. |
| Haitian Creole | Apre sa, li fè fè de estati zanj cheriben yo an bwa oliv pou pyès ki apa nèt pou Seyè a. Chak estati te gen kenz pye wotè. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka di dalam tempat firman itu diperbuatkannya dua kerubiun dari pada kayu zait, sepuluh hasta tingginya. |
| Italian | Nella cella fece due cherubini di legno di ulivo, alti dieci cubiti. |
| Maori | A i hanga e ia mo roto i te ahurewa e rua nga kerupima, he oriwa te rakau, kotahi tekau whatianga te tiketike o tetahi, o tetahi. |
| Norwegian | I koret gjorde han to kjeruber av oljetre; de var ti alen høie. |
| Portuguese | No oráculo fez dois querubins de madeira de oliveira, cada um com dez côvados de altura. |
| Rumanian | Kn Locul prea sfknt a fqcut doi heruvimi de lemn de mqslin sqlbatic, knalyi de zece coyi. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "oracle": oracles. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "oracle": coracle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "oracle": coracles. (additional references) | |
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"Oracle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aracle, cracle, Eraclea, gracle, irsacae, Korablev, Oakle, orac, oracal, oracale, orace, orache, oracie, oracl, Oracleins, oraclr, Oraflex, orale, Orasje, orcal, oricle, Ormachea, ornale, Otricoli, roace. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "oracle" (pronounced ô"rukul) |
| 6 | ô" r u k u l | allegorical, coracle, oratorical. |
| 5 | -r u k u l | clerical, miracle, numerical, reciprocal, satirical. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clinical, commonsensical, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, spectacle, tentacle, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, monocle, mythical, nautical, obstacle, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, skeptical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coaler, recoal. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: carle, carol, ceorl, claro, clear, coral, lacer, ocrea. | |
-2 letters: acre, aero, alec, aloe, arco, calo, care, carl, cero, coal, cola, cole, core, earl, lace, lear, loca, lore, olea, oral, orca, orle, race, rale, real, role. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, arc, are, car, cel, col, cor, ear, era, lac, lar, lea, oar, oca, ole, ora. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: acerola, cajoler, calorie, caloyer, cariole, caroled, caroler, cholera, chorale, choreal, claroes, coalers, coalier, coracle, corneal, earlock, escolar, locater, loricae, ocellar, oracles, recoals, solacer. | |
+2 letters: acerolas, acrolect, acrolein, albacore, albicore, alfresco, amelcorn, bachelor, beclamor, braciole, brocatel, cabriole, cajolers, cajolery, callower, calories, calorize, caloyers, capriole, caracole, carioles, carolers, carolled, caroller, carousel, carriole, cavalero, chelator, chlorate, choleras, chorales, clamored, clamorer, claymore, coarsely, cochlear, colander, coleader, colinear, collared, collaret, conelrad, coracles, corelate, cornmeal, coverall, earlocks, erotical, escarole, escolars, falconer, heroical, lacework, lacrosse, laverock, locaters, loricate, novercal, opercula, overcall, pectoral, recoaled, relocate, rocaille, scleroma, sectoral, solacers, trochlea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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