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Prophesy

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Definition

to predict or foretell a future event

Synonyms & similar words

vaticinate preach foretell predict forecast augur divine presage soothsay foresee anticipate prognosticate portend forebode vaticinate forewarn prefigure premonish adumbrate foreshadow announce declare

Example sentences

  1. The prophet predicted a great flood would come.
  2. The oracle prophesied that the kingdom would fall.
  3. The seer could foretell the future.
  4. The astrologer could divine the future from the stars.
  5. The meteorologist forecasted a storm coming.

Quotes

  • The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
  • The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. - C.S. Lewis
  • The best prophet of the future is the past. - Lord Byron

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