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# prophetic

«prophetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Telling in advance what will happen; showing that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (no comparative)

### meaning for a pupil

Telling in advance what will happen; showing that something will come true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, prophetic nymphs and divinities who give warnings and advice

### examples

- The old woman gave a prophetic warning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/#x1)
- Her dream was prophetic: the storm came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/#x2)
- The nymphs were prophetic and could see the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/#x3)
- His words were prophetic, for the bridge did break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prophetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prophetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.