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BNC: 14640 COCA: 12034

prophetic

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prophetic /prəˈfɛtɪk/ adjective
prophetic
/prəˈfɛtɪk/
adjective
Learner's definition of PROPHETIC
: correctly stating what will happen in the future先知的;有先见之明的
: of or relating to a prophet or to prophecy预言家的;预言的

— prophetically

/prəˈfɛtɪkli/ adverb
BNC: 14640 COCA: 12034

prophetic

adjective

pro·​phet·​ic prə-ˈfe-tik How to pronounce prophetic (audio)
variants or less commonly prophetical
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
2
: foretelling events : predictive
prophetically adverb

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the prophetic books of the Old Testament in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in
Recent Examples on the Web The idea that human activity was moving from the physical to the abstract turned out to be prophetic, and is responsible for some of Fuller’s continuing popularity among those who credit him with extraordinary foresight. Rebecca Onion, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 Josef Newgarden was prophetic, in the worst of ways. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2022 Adam was prophetic, correctly forecasting every big ruling. New York Times, 3 July 2022 Another cultural education that took place upon her arrival proved more prophetic. Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022 In some ways, Kurokawa’s vision of a domestic architecture that prioritized mobility and flexibility proved prophetic. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 What once felt poetically exaggerated, of course, can now feel prophetic. New York Times, 30 June 2021 Those words turned out to be prophetic, since a key reason for the revival is that pop punk is a language that pop girls have claimed to express themselves, making the music more diverse and inclusive than ever. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022 Zelensky himself starred in 2015 in some comedy sketches that now seem prophetic. Itxu Díaz, National Review, 12 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English prophetyk, borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French prophetique, borrowed from Late Latin prophēticus, borrowed from Greek prophētikós, from prophḗtēs prophet + -ikos -ic entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of prophetic was in the 15th century
BNC: 14640 COCA: 12034
prophetic

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, prove, seem預見正確;證明有預見性;好像有預見性His warnings about the trip proved prophetic.他警告說旅途中可能發生事情,事實證明他的預見是對的。ADVERBalmost算得上有預見性eerily, strangely不可思議的預見性PREPOSITIONof預示⋯a book that was prophetic of future developments in science預示未來科學發展的書

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