prophesy
verb (used with object)
to foretell or predict.
has prophesied
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present perfectof prophesy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Burry’s bets are still off from how low he has prophesied they will go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Unlike common soothsayers, Prophet Schacht has prophesied publicly and in explicit terms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, he has prophesied the inevitable victory of socialism; but has he helped the socialists?
From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Jethro Bithell
Quick! saddle the best racer in the stables, and ride for life to Spantekow, for it may be as he has prophesied, and let us outwit the devil.
From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 by Wilhelm Meinhold
He finished the thought mentally: "Since she has prophesied for me an end of poverty, misery, and starvation."
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad
