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US
/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/
]
[ UK /pɹɒfˈɛtɪk/ ]
[ UK /pɹɒfˈɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention
prophetic writings
words that proved prophetic
prophetic powers
How To Use prophetic In A Sentence
- It was a throwaway remark that proved tragically prophetic.
- he prophetically anticipated the disaster
- It turned out to be a prophetic piece of journalism.
- prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries
- The Romantic laureate is to be felt beyond the grave by the Victorians, and by their own poet, not in the wispy or whispering touch of his breathed words but in the abstract feelings generated from the written traces of their prophetic aura of aurality. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
- The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and apocalyptic literature.
- Her early achievements were prophetic of her future greatness.
- Her early achievements were prophetic of her future greatness.
- He is considered as the architect of a distinct school of thought in the principles of jurisprudence and Islamic law, and one of the leading exponents of 'kalam'-scholastic theology - and' rijal '- study of the biographies of transmitters of ahadith, the prophetic traditions,' fiqh '- jurisprudence - and WN.com - Articles related to Emirates becomes first Arab airline to operate Czech Republic route
- The book is packed with stimulating philosophical (and depressingly prophetic) allusion within the author's own field, but ends up as a bit of a rigmarole.