prophetic
Origin of prophetic
1- Sometimes pro·phet·i·cal .
Other words from prophetic
- pro·phet·i·cal·i·ty, pro·phet·i·cal·ness, noun
- pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb
- hy·per·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- hy·per·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- hy·per·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- non·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- non·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb
- post·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- post·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- pre·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- pseu·do·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- pseu·do·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- qua·si-pro·phet·ic, adjective
- qua·si-pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- qua·si-pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·pro·phet·ic, adjective
- un·pro·phet·i·cal, adjective
- un·pro·phet·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby prophetic
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How to use prophetic in a sentence
The succeeding 17 years have certainly proven that prophetic.
In a prophetic assignment of acronyms, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework, which proposes over $579 billion in new spending on hard projects like roads and bridges, has the unfortunate shorthand of BIF—pronounced biff, which rhymes with whiff.
Eight years later, he sounds prophetic — USC is its own kind of Dunk City.
The Coach Who Built ‘Dunk City’ Is Winning With It At USC | Jake Lourim | March 9, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightShortly after Lubomir Kavalek was named an international grandmaster of chess in 1965, he was aboard a train en route to Prague when a countryman, the celebrated Czech player Karel Opocensky, made an observation that proved prophetic.
Lubomir Kavalek, international chess grandmaster, dies at 77 | Emily Langer | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostAround 400 BCE, Democritus declared that the cosmos is “in reality only atoms and the void,” a prophetic statement if ever there was one.
The main article called Reflections on the Final Crusade outlines in prophetic terms just how ISIS will crush Christianity.
But there really seems to be something to this idea that King was a bit prophetic when it came to the show.
How Lisa Kudrow Pulled Off TV’s Ultimate ‘Comeback’ | Kevin Fallon | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDoug [Ellin] is a genius at capturing the zeitgeist, and I think Entourage was very prophetic.
Adrian Grenier Talks the Economy, the ‘Entourage’ Movie, and the HBO Series’ Alleged ‘Misogyny’ | Marlow Stern | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnfortunately, due to lack of effort, he is missing more than hitting in Black prophetic Fire.
Throughout the entirety of Black prophetic Fire, he seems to use his celebrity to make the amateur error of arguing by authority.
There was not one of us who did not consider this meteoric display prophetic.
My prophetic soul reveals to me that a year makes a difference sometimes.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterCould all the wise men of Rome have explained to Julius Caesar the following dispatch, if given in prophetic vision?
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardNo less a genius, surely, the prophetic pines whisper to the listening mother!
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonIt lasted very long, and the sailor began to fear that his words had been prophetic.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for prophetic
/ (prəˈfɛtɪk) /
of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
containing or of the nature of a prophecy; predictive
Derived forms of prophetic
- prophetically, adverb
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