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[ US /ˈpɹɑdədʒi/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒdɪd‍ʒi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
    the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
  2. a sign of something about to happen
    he looked for an omen before going into battle
  3. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
    she is a chess prodigy

How To Use prodigy In A Sentence

  • Hassan in frequently going to sleep in one town, to awake in another far distant, but without the benighted Oriental's surprise at the transfer, the afrit who performed this prodigy being a steam-engine, and the magician it obeyed the human mind. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
  • It is more than a decade since a coach and her young prodigy stood on a windswept Sheffield running track and envisaged the future. Times, Sunday Times
  • Less common, and more exciting, is the skill-prodigy, the ferrety junior ballerina who comes snorting out of his elite rabbit hole ready-made. Enjoying the fleeting thrill of fragile prodigies is a national habit | Barney Ronay
  • As a youngster growing up a small Mississippi town, Bob Dudley was a swimming prodigy with one of the speediest backstrokes in the state. New BP boss Bob Dudley 'doesn't need to fake his empathy for the Gulf coast'
  • Fear is an alien emotion to the prodigy, whose biggest asset is his scorching pace.
  • In those letters I discovered and fell in love with Nannerl, Mozart's sister, almost five years older than her brother, a prodigy in her own right, a marvelous singer and remarkable harpsichordist. George Heymont: The Shadow of Your Sib
  • It is a fine example of the so-called prodigy buildings built by the richest and most intellectually advanced men.
  • A child prodigy, he made his first professional tour as a pianist at the age of six.
  • “XIII” is produced by Prodigy Pictures and Cipango. NBC Announces New Schedule | the TV addict
  • From child prodigy to intelligence consultant the flight has been quick.
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