Definition of prophetic in English:

prophetic

adjective prəˈfɛtɪkprəˈfɛdɪk

1Accurately predicting what will happen in the future.
his warnings proved prophetic
Example sentencesExamples
- His words prove prophetic, as the kid are left disappointed.
- His words sound eerily prophetic for the situation today.
- How prophetic those words were, especially the last two points, written in 1966!
- These events function as pessimistic and prophetic metaphors, not optimistic of the future.
- Was it all a dream, or a prophetic vision of warning?
- His words looked to have a prophetic ring as the Scots came of age in an enthralling and ebbing battle of two sporting codes.
- The photo finish judge was to prove his words prophetic.
- Yet in the context of 1935, the closing words also seem strangely prophetic.
- On his next run, after a circuit or so of Exeter, my words were confirmed as cruelly prophetic.
- Well, it was eerily prophetic.
- Any writer can end up being prophetic, a predictor of the coming gloom.
- Dreamers might also experience prophetic dreams that they would convey to others to forestall danger.
- If they're right they can pull their dusty prediction out of the archives and look prophetic.
- How about the Norse practice of dancing until going into a trance to be able to gain prophetic insights?
- Sometimes I try to think about having prophetic dreams, but it never happens.
- His visionary voice is potentially stifled by sorrow and grief, and he attempts to contain that dangerous erosion of his prophetic vision.
- The debacle at the Dome has proved to be prophetic.
- There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances.
- And who are the most successfully prophetic when it comes to predicting the future?
- He was a prophetic poet with an individual and social message for the age in which he lived.
Synonyms
predictive, visionary
2Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
the prophetic books of the Old Testament
Example sentencesExamples
- Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy.
- The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature.
- But alongside his prophetic insights were many idiosyncratic and sometimes silly arguments.
- He left Spain again, and in 1279 in Patras wrote his first prophetic book.
- I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character.
- The prophetic discourse characterized the people as the agent of social change.
- You have a keen psychic sensitivity, and you express your creativity in prophetic or intuitive ways; you are in tune spiritually.
- I could never keep straight the prophetic meanings found in the Books of Daniel and Revelation.
- The second time around, she fulfilled her desire to anoint His head as well, this time not as an act of repentance, but as an act of love and prophetic insight.
- He clear vision, prophetic spirit and idiosyncratic musical style stand out in the Australian musical world.
- Ultimately, anagogically, linear time ceases to hold sway and the prophetic soul perceives past, present and future as one.
- Central to the prophetic tradition is its critique of religious rituals, beliefs and those who enforce them.
- The prophetic books, especially, look forward to a return to this sort of paradise after the day of Judgement.
- At the core of the prophetic text we find a word which seems contradictory, at least at first sight.
- Isaiah marks the beginning of the prophetic books of the Old Testament.
- The majority occur in the prophetic genre where often these words have a symbolic meaning of blessing or judgment.
- Their work had an oracular or prophetic immediacy for a civilian population generally starved of real news about the war.
- Can we interpret their prophetic vision in a Scottish context?
- The Book of Revelation gives a prophetic description of the end of the world.
Synonyms
prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired
rare vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical

Derivatives

prophetical

adjective

His underlying point remains valid today, although, of course, we now hesitate to make historical statements about the narrative characters in the Elijah and Elisha prophetical stories.
Example sentencesExamples
- The authority of the Bible, as our rule of faith, is demonstrated by its own separate and independent evidences, literary history, moral, internal, prophetical.
- She ran over to the stereo and quickly hit the Next button, ending the strangely prophetical tune.
- But this is the only factor absent from this prophetical jigsaw.
- In short, the traditionally separated out categories of science and religious enthusiasm were in the eighteenth century as mutually invasive as Newton's own scientific and prophetical modes of enquiry.

prophetically

adverb prəˈfɛtɪk(ə)liprəˈfɛdək(ə)li

Ustinov was only 17 when he took his bow in theatre and a year later he faced a movie camera in a film, prophetically titled ‘Hullo Fame’.
Example sentencesExamples
- Albert Einstein very prophetically said of the Mahatma, ‘Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this, ever in flesh and blood, walked upon this earth.’
- ‘Earthly lust leads to murder,’ warns the older monk prophetically, and we watch as the seasons advance, and the young man journeys towards a kind of fraught enlightenment.
- A lot of the really heavy, theological or philosophical tones are still around, but they come out more gently and seem to finally be expressed poetically instead of prophetically.
- It is unconsciously speaking prophetically, like Caiaphas when he says, ‘It is better for one man to die than for a whole nation to perish’.

Origin

Late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos 'predicting' (see prophet).

Rhymes

aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic

Definition of prophetic in US English:

prophetic

adjectiveprəˈfɛdɪkprəˈfedik

1Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future.
his warnings proved prophetic
Example sentencesExamples
- His words sound eerily prophetic for the situation today.
- The debacle at the Dome has proved to be prophetic.
- Yet in the context of 1935, the closing words also seem strangely prophetic.
- On his next run, after a circuit or so of Exeter, my words were confirmed as cruelly prophetic.
- Was it all a dream, or a prophetic vision of warning?
- And who are the most successfully prophetic when it comes to predicting the future?
- There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances.
- His words looked to have a prophetic ring as the Scots came of age in an enthralling and ebbing battle of two sporting codes.
- Dreamers might also experience prophetic dreams that they would convey to others to forestall danger.
- The photo finish judge was to prove his words prophetic.
- How about the Norse practice of dancing until going into a trance to be able to gain prophetic insights?
- Well, it was eerily prophetic.
- He was a prophetic poet with an individual and social message for the age in which he lived.
- His words prove prophetic, as the kid are left disappointed.
- If they're right they can pull their dusty prediction out of the archives and look prophetic.
- Any writer can end up being prophetic, a predictor of the coming gloom.
- His visionary voice is potentially stifled by sorrow and grief, and he attempts to contain that dangerous erosion of his prophetic vision.
- How prophetic those words were, especially the last two points, written in 1966!
- These events function as pessimistic and prophetic metaphors, not optimistic of the future.
- Sometimes I try to think about having prophetic dreams, but it never happens.
Synonyms
predictive, visionary
2Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
the prophetic books of the Old Testament
Example sentencesExamples
- Isaiah marks the beginning of the prophetic books of the Old Testament.
- Central to the prophetic tradition is its critique of religious rituals, beliefs and those who enforce them.
- The majority occur in the prophetic genre where often these words have a symbolic meaning of blessing or judgment.
- He left Spain again, and in 1279 in Patras wrote his first prophetic book.
- I could never keep straight the prophetic meanings found in the Books of Daniel and Revelation.
- The prophetic books, especially, look forward to a return to this sort of paradise after the day of Judgement.
- But alongside his prophetic insights were many idiosyncratic and sometimes silly arguments.
- You have a keen psychic sensitivity, and you express your creativity in prophetic or intuitive ways; you are in tune spiritually.
- I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character.
- The prophetic discourse characterized the people as the agent of social change.
- Can we interpret their prophetic vision in a Scottish context?
- At the core of the prophetic text we find a word which seems contradictory, at least at first sight.
- He clear vision, prophetic spirit and idiosyncratic musical style stand out in the Australian musical world.
- Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy.
- Their work had an oracular or prophetic immediacy for a civilian population generally starved of real news about the war.
- The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature.
- Ultimately, anagogically, linear time ceases to hold sway and the prophetic soul perceives past, present and future as one.
- The Book of Revelation gives a prophetic description of the end of the world.
- The second time around, she fulfilled her desire to anoint His head as well, this time not as an act of repentance, but as an act of love and prophetic insight.
Synonyms
prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired

Origin

Late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting’ (see prophet).

单词	prophetic
释义	Definition of prophetic in English: prophetic adjective prəˈfɛtɪkprəˈfɛdɪk 1Accurately predicting what will happen in the future. his warnings proved prophetic Example sentencesExamples His words prove prophetic, as the kid are left disappointed. His words sound eerily prophetic for the situation today. How prophetic those words were, especially the last two points, written in 1966! These events function as pessimistic and prophetic metaphors, not optimistic of the future. Was it all a dream, or a prophetic vision of warning? His words looked to have a prophetic ring as the Scots came of age in an enthralling and ebbing battle of two sporting codes. The photo finish judge was to prove his words prophetic. Yet in the context of 1935, the closing words also seem strangely prophetic. On his next run, after a circuit or so of Exeter, my words were confirmed as cruelly prophetic. Well, it was eerily prophetic. Any writer can end up being prophetic, a predictor of the coming gloom. Dreamers might also experience prophetic dreams that they would convey to others to forestall danger. If they're right they can pull their dusty prediction out of the archives and look prophetic. How about the Norse practice of dancing until going into a trance to be able to gain prophetic insights? Sometimes I try to think about having prophetic dreams, but it never happens. His visionary voice is potentially stifled by sorrow and grief, and he attempts to contain that dangerous erosion of his prophetic vision. The debacle at the Dome has proved to be prophetic. There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances. And who are the most successfully prophetic when it comes to predicting the future? He was a prophetic poet with an individual and social message for the age in which he lived. Synonyms predictive, visionary 2Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. the prophetic books of the Old Testament Example sentencesExamples Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy. The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature. But alongside his prophetic insights were many idiosyncratic and sometimes silly arguments. He left Spain again, and in 1279 in Patras wrote his first prophetic book. I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character. The prophetic discourse characterized the people as the agent of social change. You have a keen psychic sensitivity, and you express your creativity in prophetic or intuitive ways; you are in tune spiritually. I could never keep straight the prophetic meanings found in the Books of Daniel and Revelation. The second time around, she fulfilled her desire to anoint His head as well, this time not as an act of repentance, but as an act of love and prophetic insight. He clear vision, prophetic spirit and idiosyncratic musical style stand out in the Australian musical world. Ultimately, anagogically, linear time ceases to hold sway and the prophetic soul perceives past, present and future as one. Central to the prophetic tradition is its critique of religious rituals, beliefs and those who enforce them. The prophetic books, especially, look forward to a return to this sort of paradise after the day of Judgement. At the core of the prophetic text we find a word which seems contradictory, at least at first sight. Isaiah marks the beginning of the prophetic books of the Old Testament. The majority occur in the prophetic genre where often these words have a symbolic meaning of blessing or judgment. Their work had an oracular or prophetic immediacy for a civilian population generally starved of real news about the war. Can we interpret their prophetic vision in a Scottish context? The Book of Revelation gives a prophetic description of the end of the world. Synonyms prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired rare vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical Derivatives prophetical adjective His underlying point remains valid today, although, of course, we now hesitate to make historical statements about the narrative characters in the Elijah and Elisha prophetical stories. Example sentencesExamples The authority of the Bible, as our rule of faith, is demonstrated by its own separate and independent evidences, literary history, moral, internal, prophetical. She ran over to the stereo and quickly hit the Next button, ending the strangely prophetical tune. But this is the only factor absent from this prophetical jigsaw. In short, the traditionally separated out categories of science and religious enthusiasm were in the eighteenth century as mutually invasive as Newton's own scientific and prophetical modes of enquiry. prophetically adverb prəˈfɛtɪk(ə)liprəˈfɛdək(ə)li Ustinov was only 17 when he took his bow in theatre and a year later he faced a movie camera in a film, prophetically titled ‘Hullo Fame’. Example sentencesExamples Albert Einstein very prophetically said of the Mahatma, ‘Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this, ever in flesh and blood, walked upon this earth.’ ‘Earthly lust leads to murder,’ warns the older monk prophetically, and we watch as the seasons advance, and the young man journeys towards a kind of fraught enlightenment. A lot of the really heavy, theological or philosophical tones are still around, but they come out more gently and seem to finally be expressed poetically instead of prophetically. It is unconsciously speaking prophetically, like Caiaphas when he says, ‘It is better for one man to die than for a whole nation to perish’. Origin Late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos 'predicting' (see prophet). Rhymes aesthetic (US esthetic), alphabetic, anaesthetic (US anesthetic), antithetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cosmetic, cybernetic, diabetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, energetic, exegetic, frenetic, genetic, Helvetic, hermetic, homiletic, kinetic, magnetic, metic, mimetic, parenthetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, photosynthetic, poetic, prothetic, psychokinetic, splenetic, sympathetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, telekinetic, theoretic, zetetic Definition of prophetic in US English: prophetic adjectiveprəˈfɛdɪkprəˈfedik 1Accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future. his warnings proved prophetic Example sentencesExamples His words sound eerily prophetic for the situation today. The debacle at the Dome has proved to be prophetic. Yet in the context of 1935, the closing words also seem strangely prophetic. On his next run, after a circuit or so of Exeter, my words were confirmed as cruelly prophetic. Was it all a dream, or a prophetic vision of warning? And who are the most successfully prophetic when it comes to predicting the future? There can be no question that the church assumed itself capable of authoritative prophetic utterances. His words looked to have a prophetic ring as the Scots came of age in an enthralling and ebbing battle of two sporting codes. Dreamers might also experience prophetic dreams that they would convey to others to forestall danger. The photo finish judge was to prove his words prophetic. How about the Norse practice of dancing until going into a trance to be able to gain prophetic insights? Well, it was eerily prophetic. He was a prophetic poet with an individual and social message for the age in which he lived. His words prove prophetic, as the kid are left disappointed. If they're right they can pull their dusty prediction out of the archives and look prophetic. Any writer can end up being prophetic, a predictor of the coming gloom. His visionary voice is potentially stifled by sorrow and grief, and he attempts to contain that dangerous erosion of his prophetic vision. How prophetic those words were, especially the last two points, written in 1966! These events function as pessimistic and prophetic metaphors, not optimistic of the future. Sometimes I try to think about having prophetic dreams, but it never happens. Synonyms predictive, visionary 2Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. the prophetic books of the Old Testament Example sentencesExamples Isaiah marks the beginning of the prophetic books of the Old Testament. Central to the prophetic tradition is its critique of religious rituals, beliefs and those who enforce them. The majority occur in the prophetic genre where often these words have a symbolic meaning of blessing or judgment. He left Spain again, and in 1279 in Patras wrote his first prophetic book. I could never keep straight the prophetic meanings found in the Books of Daniel and Revelation. The prophetic books, especially, look forward to a return to this sort of paradise after the day of Judgement. But alongside his prophetic insights were many idiosyncratic and sometimes silly arguments. You have a keen psychic sensitivity, and you express your creativity in prophetic or intuitive ways; you are in tune spiritually. I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character. The prophetic discourse characterized the people as the agent of social change. Can we interpret their prophetic vision in a Scottish context? At the core of the prophetic text we find a word which seems contradictory, at least at first sight. He clear vision, prophetic spirit and idiosyncratic musical style stand out in the Australian musical world. Dangerous times call for bold acts of empathy, prophetic visions of justice and mercy. Their work had an oracular or prophetic immediacy for a civilian population generally starved of real news about the war. The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature. Ultimately, anagogically, linear time ceases to hold sway and the prophetic soul perceives past, present and future as one. The Book of Revelation gives a prophetic description of the end of the world. The second time around, she fulfilled her desire to anoint His head as well, this time not as an act of repentance, but as an act of love and prophetic insight. Synonyms prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired Origin Late 15th century: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting’ (see prophet).
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