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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
Recent Examples of prophetic from the Web
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One of them, eight-decade-old French retailer Monoprix, took issue with Amazon’s techno-prophetic rhetoric — and responded with humor.
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Los Angeles Lakers Lonzo Ball, PG, UCLA Lonzo makes his father LaVar look prophetic and ends up with his hometown team.
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Miracles do not authenticate one's prophetic mission. (
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Fast forward a few weeks, and those predictions proved prophetic.
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Joseph, his father’s favorite son, is a boy blessed with prophetic dreams.
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Moshe may have recognized his limitations and, thus, was able to step back and allow others to assume prophetic leadership.
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On Saturday, Pishkur's suspicion about his team proved prophetic in a 9-5 loss to Penn in the Class 4A LaPorte Regional championship game.
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Gitai uses his archive 1994 interview with murdered peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin as a framing device, including a prophetic warning from the late Israeli Prime Minister about the rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism.
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First Known Use of prophetic
15th century
PROPHETIC Defined for English Language Learners
prophetic
playDefinition of prophetic for English Language Learners
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: correctly stating what will happen in the future
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: of or relating to a prophet or to prophecy
PROPHETIC Defined for Kids
prophetic
playDefinition of prophetic for Students
1 : of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
2 : serving to foretell His cough was prophetic of an early death. — Esther Forbes, Johnny Tremain
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