prophetic
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7.4
- adjective
- /prəˈfɛtɪk/
- His prophetic vision allowed him to foresee events that would change the world.
- prove prophetic
- a prophetic vision
- a prophetic voice
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Watch on YouTubeIlya's birth among these ghosts of literature and war seems prophetic of the born poet he is.
- Ilya's birth among these ghosts of literature and war seems prophetic of the born poet he is.
- Asada's grandmother was known for her prophetic dreams.
- So that I have hope that in the future the prophetic words of George Carlin will be realized.
- And then she's also had prophetic dreams.
- Paddy Chavyesky's screenplay is not only astute and prophetic, but it's also hilarious.
- And you would pointed out this issue around guns, which was sort of prophetic.
- And then at the time I didn't know it, but I got a prophetic word.
- But at the end of his life, right before he died, he said something to me that I think was pretty prophetic.
- And we have a very appropriate, timely, interesting, prophetic show today.
- I think I was I had some prophetic moments in my life.
- The system itself demands that there be a leader who allegedly is is all powerful and all knowing and prophetic and the like.
- So go ahead and get you this prophetic book here if you want it, if you want to change your life, you know, you'll get some of this good medicine here.
Examples
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A century and a half ago, a young Abraham Lincoln issued a prophetic warning.
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The Holy Spirit spoke and said this was prophetic as to what is coming to America.
Blog text (1) -
Little did he know how prophetic that was.
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I think this is perhaps a prophetic sign...
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Some of his dreams are prophetic.
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The title, I'm afraid, was rather prophetic.
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Nevertheless, the bishops and other church leaders claimed the right to exercise their prophetic voice for the common good.
Academic text (1999) -
Asada's grandmother was known for her prophetic dreams.
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We have first, the narrator's description of the prophetic reenactment of the flood.
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Read him for clues: how to live in intentional community, in planetary harmony; hear his prophetic warnings.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.9
Able to show or guess what will happen in the future
15
8.9
Knowing about things before they happen
5
9.1
Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person
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9.9
Relating to predicting the future, often by signs or dreams
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9.9
Relating to ways people try to tell the future
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9.9
Suggests or shows what will happen later in a vague, symbolic way
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9.9
About signs people use to guess the future
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Like something that predicts future events
Like a warning that seems to predict future events
Hinting in an unclear way at something that will happen
How Prophetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prophetic comes from prophet, which is built from pro- 'before' and phēmi 'to speak'. So something prophetic is like 'speaking before' events, a remark or warning that seems to tell the future.