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prophetic
adjective pro·phet·ic \prə-ˈfe-tik\
: correctly stating what will happen in the future
: of or relating to a prophet or to prophecy
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Variants of PROPHETIC
pro·phet·ic also pro·phet·i·cal \-ˈfe-ti-kəl\
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First Known Use of PROPHETIC
15th century
Related to PROPHETIC
- Synonyms
- predictive
Rhymes with PROPHETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
PROPHETIC Defined for Kids
prophetic
adjective pro·phet·ic \prə-ˈfe-tik\
Definition of PROPHETIC for Kids
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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