to prophesy
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7.4
- verb
- /ˈprɒfɪsaɪ/
:
profetizar
- One can identify individuals who, 15 to 20 years ago, prophesied a number of current developments in the communist world.
- prophesied revolution
- prophesied death
- prophesied a future
On the plains of Mangeta, the Shiril Knights, what I prophesied, came to pass.
- On the plains of Mangeta, the Shiril Knights, what I prophesied, came to pass.
- He's the Messiah that we've prophesied would be born.
- They're led by a guy named Montanus and his big thing was his big focus and his cult was speaking in tongues, prophesying.
- I've been prophesied in this lifetime, Reed, it's time.
- And then he in in effect prophesied words came to me what my people call the other breath.
Examples
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The Canadian media guru Marshall McLuhan once prophesied that communications technologies would turn the world into a global village.
Academic text (1999) -
His mother had prophesied disaster.
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I would not prophesy so.
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- He's a young man for whom I prophesy a brilliant future.
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Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Academic text (2000) -
Already, as Sweet Medicine had prophesied, her people were becoming divided.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Roman mystics prophesied the coming of a great evil.
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The exultant new pope prophesied an era of peace, days of prosperity, and years of comfort.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was prophesied that I must choose between kindness for my kin and hate for my enemies.
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The old man of the village, Grandpa Celso, prophesied that year that the weather would be unpredictable.
Synonyms
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3.0
To say what will happen in the future
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3.9
To know or expect something before it happens
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2.5
To say what will probably happen using information, for example about weather or business
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7.0
To say what will happen in the future
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6.2
To give a small sign that something will happen in the future
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8.4
To show that something, often bad, will probably happen
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5.8
To happen earlier and show what will come later
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8.8
To show that something bad will happen
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7.6
Say what will happen to someone by reading palms, cards, or tea leaves
To say what will happen in the future because someone has spiritual power
Predict an event from a sign or dream
To know something before it happens
To show that something will happen soon
To say what will happen by reading signs
To seem to show that something bad will happen
How Certain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prophesy comes from parts that mean 'before' (pro-) and 'to speak' (seen in the word prophet), so it meant 'to speak before' something happened. That is why to prophesy is to tell or predict the future, often as if the message comes from a god.