PROPHECY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of prophecy in English prophecynoun uk /ˈprɒf.ə.si/ us /ˈprɑː.fə.si/ Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a statement that says what is going to happen in the future, especially one that is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than existing facts: The minister suggested that the dire prophecies of certain leading environmentalists were somewhat exaggerated. These doom and gloom prophecies are doing little to help the economy. [ U ] formal the ability to say what is going to happen in the future Predicting things and intuition

• augur
• augury
• bad omen
• bellwether
• betcha
• gut instinct
• herald
• herald someone/something as something
• horizon scanning
• hunch
• prefigure
• premonition
• premonitory
• presage
• prescience
• that tracks idiom
• there's no knowing/telling/saying idiom
• unforeseeable
• unintuitively
• unreasoning

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Extrasensory perception & telepathy (Definition of prophecy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

prophecy | American Dictionary

prophecynoun [ C ] us /ˈprɑf·ə·si/ Add to word list Add to word list a statement that tells what will happen in the future: biblical prophecies (Definition of prophecy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of prophecy

prophecy If philosophy or astrology were revealed to the ancients, then the sayings of philosophers or astrologers and the prophecies of inspired seers are equivalent. From the Cambridge English Corpus In the 1960s, some very vivid prophecies about the relationship of telecommunications and the city were made. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, there is reason to warn against too hasty a conclusion in this regard and against those very pessimistic prophecies. From the Cambridge English Corpus To this extent, the variables used in surveys represent self-fulfilling prophecies. From the Cambridge English Corpus When they are not reckless, our gambles about practices amount to self-fulfilling prophecies: they change our relation to nature or to other people so as to make themselves more real. From the Cambridge English Corpus I use the word adds here because the real difficulties, the important contextual conditions, the soil in which such prophecies flourish, have to do with power and dominance. From the Cambridge English Corpus In spite of numerous prophecies of the imminent death of many languages, linguists always find a handful of old people who still speak them and can be competent consultants. From the Cambridge English Corpus The series of high medieval prophecies under discussion was transmitted, with a large degree of variation, as much by manuscript illustrations as by any common text. From the Cambridge English Corpus The dynamics of the probabilities of pessimism around business- and growth-cycle turning points may shed light on the role of self-fulfilling prophecies in subsequent economic fluctuations. From the Cambridge English Corpus A wider "religion of nature" facilitated much wider powers, such as enabling magicians to make reliable prophecies on the basis of their ability to decipher images. From the Cambridge English Corpus The problem is that images can function as self-fulfilling prophecies and beautiful images produced by very skilled architects are in themselves a sign and a tool of power. From the Cambridge English Corpus Rather, the bulk of the poem presents the reflections of a skeptical female voice, who doubts her friend's prophecies, and who extends that doubt to all supernatural religious prophecies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Again the gloomy prophecies were made, and again they were disproved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of his gloom has been justified, and almost all his prophecies have come true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, some may be moving towards self-fulfilling prophecies. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of prophecy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of prophecy?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （尤指基於主觀判斷的）預言, 預言的能力… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （尤指基于主观判断的）预言, 预言的能力… See more in Spanish profecía, profecía [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese profecia, profecia [feminine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 予言, 預言, 予言（よげん）… See more kehanet, gaipten haber verme, tahmin… See more prophétie [feminine], prophétie… See more profecia… See more voorspellende gave, voorspelling… See more prorocký duch, proroctví… See more profeti, spådom, forudsigelse… See more kemampuan meramal, ramalan… See more การทำนาย, คำทำนาย… See more sự tiên tri, lời tiên tri… See more proroctwo, przepowiednia, zdolność przewidywania… See more siargåva, spådomskonst, profetia… See more kebolehan meramal, ramalan… See more die Prophezeiung… See more profeti [masculine], spådom [masculine], profetisk evne… See more 예언… See more пророцтво… See more profezia, predizione… See more Need a translator?

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