prophetic
adjective/prəˈfetɪk/
/prəˈfetɪk/
(formal)- correctly stating or showing what will happen in the future
- Many of his warnings proved prophetic.
- a book that was prophetic of future developments in science
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- almost
- eerily
- strangely
- …
- of
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- like or connected with a prophet or prophets
- the prophetic books of the Old Testament
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting’ (see prophet).
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