prophetic

adjective

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pro·phet·ic | \ prə-ˈfe-tik

variants: or less commonly prophetical \ prə-ˈfe-ti-kəl

Definition of prophetic

1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

2 : foretelling events : predictive

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Examples of prophetic in a Sentence

the prophetic books of the Old Testament in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in

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