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View usage for: (prəfetɪk) 1. adjectiveIf something was prophetic, it described or suggested something that did actually happen later. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic. Friends recalled Elisabeth's prophetic words of several years ago. Synonyms: predictive, foreshadowing, presaging, prescient More Synonyms of prophetic 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]Prophetic means related to a prophecy or a prophet. ...a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision. prophetic in British English (prəˈfɛtɪk) or prophetical (prəˈfɛtɪkəl) adjective1. of or relating to a prophet or prophecy 2. containing or of the nature of a prophecy; predictive Derived forms prophetically (proˈphetically) adverb prophetic in American English (prəˈfɛtɪk; proʊˈfɛtɪk) adjective1. of, or having the powers of, a prophet 2. of, having the nature of, or containing a prophecy a prophetic utterance 3. that predicts or foreshadows Also proˈphetical Derived forms prophetically (proˈphetically) adverb Word origin MFr prophetique < LL(Ec) propheticus < Gr prophētikosExamples of 'prophetic' in a sentenceprophetic "He did not realize how much on target Carmen's analysis was, or how prophetic.Perhaps because May used the word `last', Hilda thought to herself, she's getting the last laugh, and the thought proved prophetic.The knocking through the pipes, magnified by the absence of the radiator, was at once ominous, prophetic.As if his words were prophetic, at the top of the next flight of stairs they were spied by two men walking down the corridor. In other languagesprophetic British English: prophetic ADJECTIVE If something was prophetic, it described or suggested something that did actually happen later. This ominous warning soon proved prophetic. - American English: prophetic
- Brazilian Portuguese: profético
- Chinese: 有预见性的
- European Spanish: profético
- French: prophétique
- German: prophetisch
- Italian: profetico
- Japanese: 的中した
- Korean: 예언적인
- European Portuguese: profético
- Latin American Spanish: profético
Definition of the nature of a prophecy This ominous warning soon proved prophetic. Synonyms predictive foreshadowing presaging divinatory oracular sibylline prognostic mantic vatic (rare) augural fatidic (rare) Additional synonymsDefinition of or like an oracle Synonyms prophetic, ominous, foreboding, auspicious, prescient, portentous, sibylline, mantic, vatic (rare), bodeful, haruspical, pythonic an uncannily prescient prediction Synonyms foresighted, psychic, prophetic, divining, discerning, perceptive, clairvoyant, far-sighted, divinatory, mantic |