prophesy

verb
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪ/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they prophesy
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪ/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪ/
he / she / it prophesies
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪz/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪz/
past simple prophesied
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪd/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪd/
past participle prophesied
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪd/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪd/
-ing form prophesying
🔊/ˈprɒfəsaɪɪŋ/
🔊/ˈprɑːfəsaɪɪŋ/
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  1. to say what will happen in the future (done in the past using religious or magic powers)预告;预言
    • prophesy something to prophesy war预言有战争
    • The event was prophesied in the Old Testament.该事件在旧约中有预言。
    • prophesy that… She prophesied that she would win a gold medal.她预言自己将赢得金牌。🔊🔊
    • He prophesied that a flood would cover the Earth’s surface.他预言洪水将淹没地球表面。
    • + speech ‘It will end in disaster,’ he prophesied.“这将以灾难而告终。” 他预言道。🔊🔊
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French profecier, from profecie via late Latin from Greek prophēteia, from prophētēs ‘spokesman’, from pro ‘before’ + phētēs ‘speaker’ (from phēnai ‘speak’).