prophecynoun
uk/ˈprɒf.ə.si/us/ˈprɑː.fə.si/[ C ] a statement that says what is going to happen in the future, especially one that is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than existing facts:
The minister suggested that the dire prophecies of certain leading environmentalists were somewhat exaggerated.
These doom and gloom prophecies are doing little to help the economy.
[ U ] formal the ability to say what is going to happen in the future
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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