prophecy
[noun]
Synonyms: prediction, augury, divination, forecast, prognostication, second sight, soothsaying

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

proph‧e‧cy /ˈprɒfəsi, ˈprɒfɪsi $ ˈprɑː-/ noun (plural prophecies)

1. [countable] a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magic powers ⇒ prophet
prophecy (that)
The prophecy that David would become King was fulfilled.
prophecy of
the prophecy of Isaiah

2. [uncountable] the power or act of making statements about what will happen in the future:
She had the gift of prophecy.
⇒ self-fulfilling prophecy at self-fulfilling

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

prophecy
noun
ADJ. Biblical, Messianic, Old Testament | self-fulfilling low expectations that become a self-fulfilling prophecy
VERB + PROPHECY make | fulfil
PREP. ~ about Macbeth believed the witches' prophecy about his future.
~ of The poem contains a bleak prophecy of war and ruin.
PHRASES the gift of prophecy

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