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prophezeien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • divine adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
  • predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
  • prophesy verb To predict what will happen, especially by claiming divine or special insight.

Senses

prophezeien is used for these senses in English:

  • divine (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  • predict (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.

divine — full definition

  1. adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
  2. adj Wonderful or delightful, in an exaggerated, almost heavenly sense.
  3. verb To work something out through guesswork, intuition, or insight rather than being told directly.

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