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prophecy
[prof-uh-see]
noun
plural
propheciesthe foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
something that is declared by a prophet, especially a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation.
a divinely inspired utterance or revelation.
oracular prophecies.
the action, function, or faculty of a prophet.
prophecy
/ ˈprɒfɪsɪ /
noun
a message of divine truth revealing God's will
the act of uttering such a message
a prediction or guess
the function, activity, or charismatic endowment of a prophet or prophets
Confusables Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prophecy1
Example Sentences
Payroll itself should not define competitive balance, but that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy if an owner decides competing with the Dodgers would be no less futile by spending another $25 million on players.
And he delivered the kind of game the baseball world dreamed about when the two-way phenom first arrived from Japan, fulfilling the prophecy that accompanied him as a near-mythical prospect eight years earlier.
Linklater’s movies have frequently featured affable underdogs, but by contrast, “Blue Moon” is an elegy to a bitter, insecure man whose view of himself as a failure has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Yet his popularity among White Christians has not suffered; if anything, he fits their “Cyrus prophecy” about how wicked men can be used to fulfill God’s plans for the nation.
"I'm concerned about the narrative which is that young men are drifting towards the right being seen as a self-fulfilling prophecy where young men are then considered a problem," he says.
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