prophetic

Definition

  • adjective: correctly stating what will happen in the future
  • adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of a 'prophet' or 'prophecy'
  • synonyms: biblical, gospel, mosaic

Examples

  • Her warning proved to be 'prophetic'. [=the thing that she warned would/could happen did happen]

  • The coach 'prophetically' promised a victory in the next game.

  • the 'prophetic' books of the Old Testament

Movie quotes

  • (..) Tell me more. Say from whence you owe this strange intelligence and why, upon this blasted heath, you stop our way with such prophetic greeting. Speak, I charge you. The earth hath bubbles as the water has, and these are of them. Whither are they vanished? Into the air, (..)
    2015 Macbeth