Prophetic Meaning
/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving the ability to prophesize; prescient.
adjOf, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.
Sentence Examples
That's a book of incredible prophetic power.
She is a prophetic figure.
Tom has a prophetic level of paranoid intuition.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ words about the stock market crash came true a month later.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her warning about the financial crisis proved ____ when the markets collapsed just months later.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!"
— c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
"And fears are oft prophetic of the event."
— 1717, William Congreve, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Laurence Eusden, John Ozell, “Book X”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Her ____ words about the stock market crash came true a month later.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Her warning about the financial crisis proved ____ when the markets collapsed just months later.