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prophecy

(prɒfɪsi)
Word forms: plural prophecies
variable noun
A prophecy is a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.
The youth, too, fulfilled the prophecy.
...Biblical prophecy.
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prophecy in British English

(ˈprɒfɪsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -cies
1. 
a. 
a message of divine truth revealing God's will
b. 
the act of uttering such a message
2. 
a prediction or guess
3. 
the function, activity, or charismatic endowment of a prophet or prophets
Word origin
C13: ultimately from Greek prophētēs prophet

prophecy in American English

(ˈprɑfəsi)
nounWord forms: plural ˈprophecies
1. 
prediction of the future under the influence of divine guidance; act or practice of a prophet
2. 
any prediction
3. 
something prophesied or predicted; specif., the divinely inspired utterance or utterances of a prophet
4. 
a book of prophecies
Word origin
ME prophecie < OFr < LL(Ec) prophetia < Gr prophētēia (in N.T., gift of speaking under the influence of the Holy Spirit) < prophētēs: see prophet

Examples of 'prophecy' in a sentence
prophecy

These agents of sometimes malign influence profit by feeding the rumour mill with prophecies of doom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In theory the prophecy could still come true.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You can stop this self-fulfilling prophecy and look at the world more positively.
The Sun (2015)
Fear feeds on itself and prophecies of doom become self-fulfilling.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When it comes to prophecy, mankind has a spectacularly poor record.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our genetic preference for symmetrical features becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As we know now, both these prophecies have come true.
Overbeek, Henk Global Capitalism and National Decline (1989)
One result can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
But it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy in some regards.
The Sun (2012)
The deity's powers had been made plain to all in the graphic completion of the ancient prophecy.
Jonathan Gregson BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty (2002)
Come the morning of the match only one of these prophecies come true, but it is the most important.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Could they make a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Christianity Today (2000)
This is self-fulfilling prophecy par excellence.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but wereafraid to put into practice (2001)
It looked like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But is it a self-fulfilling prophecy?
The Sun (2013)
The players know that, and it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That was always a dangerous card to play, and could now become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She makes sure the prophecy is fulfilled, but there is a twist - and an opening for a whole new series.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As luck would have it, an ancient prophecy says that he will have the power to fulfil their wish when his 13th birthday comes around.
The Sun (2009)

In other languages
prophecy

British English: prophecy NOUN
A prophecy is a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.
Will the teacher's prophecy be fulfilled?
  • American English: prophecy
  • Brazilian Portuguese: profecia
  • Chinese: 预言
  • European Spanish: profecía
  • French: prophétie
  • German: Prophezeiung
  • Italian: profezia
  • Japanese: 予言
  • Korean: 예언
  • European Portuguese: profecia
  • Latin American Spanish: profecía

Chinese translation of 'prophecy'

prophecy

(ˈprɔfɪsɪ)

n (c)

  1. 预(預)言 (yùyán) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a prediction
Nostradamus's prophecy of the end of the world
Synonyms
prediction
He was unwilling to make a prediction for the coming year.
forecast
He delivered his election forecast.
revelation
prognosis
The physiotherapists' prognosis was that he might walk in six months.
foretelling
prognostication
The country is obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
augury
sortilege
vaticination (rare)
2 (noun) 
Definition
the function or activity of a prophet
a child born with the gift of prophecy
Synonyms
second sight
divination
Every method of divination is a philosophy about the world.
augury
telling the future
soothsaying

Additional synonyms

in the sense of augury
Definition
the foretelling of the future
Synonyms
prediction,
prophecy,
divination,
soothsaying,
sortilege
in the sense of divination
Definition
the art of discovering future events as though by supernatural powers
Every method of divination is a philosophy about the world.
Synonyms
prediction,
divining,
prophecy,
presage,
foretelling,
clairvoyance,
fortune-telling,
prognostication,
augury,
soothsaying,
sortilege
in the sense of forecast
Definition
a prediction
He delivered his election forecast.
Synonyms
prediction,
projection,
anticipation,
prognosis,
planning,
guess,
outlook,
prophecy,
foresight,
conjecture,
forewarning,
forethought

Nearby words of
prophecy

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  • properly
  • property
  • prophecy
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  • prophet
  • prophet of doom

Synonyms of 'prophecy'

prophecy

Explore 'prophecy' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of prognosis
Definition
any forecast
The physiotherapists' prognosis was that he might walk in six months.
Synonyms
forecast,
prediction,
diagnosis,
expectation,
speculation,
projection,
surmise,
prognostication
in the sense of prognostication
The country is obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.
Synonyms
prediction,
expectation,
forecast,
speculation,
projection,
prophecy,
prognosis,
surmise,
vaticination
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