divine intervention
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7.9
- noun
- /dɪˈvaɪn ˌɪntərˈvɛnʃən/
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intervención divina
- Many people believe that divine intervention saved the survivors of the accident.
So I don't know how I overcame other than divine intervention.
- So I don't know how I overcame other than divine intervention.
- Was that a malaria hallucination or was it divine intervention?
- They prevail with divine intervention and through their own divinity, through US accepting our own power, we prevail.
- And whether we were put here by divine intervention or whether we were put here through this infinitesimally small chance of evolution, we're here now.
- You talk about divine intervention, so we get to October.
- And so I finished my course and Divine intervention.
- It was the really divine intervention.
- Look, he's done in the men of God and I thought it was a divine intervention at this stage to say you fucking calm down here, this is not for you.
Examples
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Such a series, Frye writes, argues that "the deliberate choice of a younger son represents a divine intervention in human affairs."
Academic text (1992) -
This calls for divine intervention.
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I believe it is all the divine intervention of our king.
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This is some sort of divine intervention going on here.
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It's possible that divine intervention has come into my life once again.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many have understood the resurrection to be the greatest of divine interventions.
Academic text (2006) -
It was nothing short of divine intervention.
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Participants also held strong beliefs about divine intervention in health problems, which was common among elderly people in this study.
Academic text (1995) -
That our being brought together in such a harmonious way... she felt was surely divine intervention.
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Lord, we pray for Your divine intervention and healing in this circumstance.
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
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A very surprising good event that has no natural explanation
How Miraculous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'intervention by a deity or supernatural force' is directly and compositionally derived from 'divine' (relating to a deity) + 'intervention' (active involvement). This is a literal, non-idiomatic combination found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Divine intervention paints the picture of a divine being or god 'stepping in' to change events people cannot control, like a sudden helping hand from above. So, the intervention part means that 'stepping in' and the phrase means an unexpected, miraculous 'help' by a higher power.