Prophecy
noun
A prediction or forecast about the future.
The prophecy predicted peace among nations.
Often appears as...
- fulfill a prophecy
- prophecy come true
noun
A divine message or revelation.
The prophecy in the holy book guided the believers.
Often appears as...
- biblical prophecy
- divine prophecy
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Approving
Religious
noun
A prediction or forecast about the future.
The prophecy predicted peace among nations.
Often appears as...
- fulfill a prophecy
- prophecy come true
noun
A divine message or revelation.
The prophecy in the holy book guided the believers.
Often appears as...
- biblical prophecy
- divine prophecy
Usage tips
Approving
Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Used for statements that declare what might happen later, not what has already occurred.
The economist's prophecy involves a global recession within the next decade.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always True
Prophecies are predictions that may or may not happen, so they are uncertain.
Despite the prophecy of victory, the team lost the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express certainty about future events based on current trends.
Given your rapid progress, the professor's prophecy of your success seems likely.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Used for statements that declare what might happen later, not what has already occurred.
The economist's prophecy involves a global recession within the next decade.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always True
Prophecies are predictions that may or may not happen, so they are uncertain.
Despite the prophecy of victory, the team lost the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express certainty about future events based on current trends.
Given your rapid progress, the professor's prophecy of your success seems likely.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Used for statements that declare what might happen later, not what has already occurred.
The economist's prophecy involves a global recession within the next decade.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always True
Prophecies are predictions that may or may not happen, so they are uncertain.
Despite the prophecy of victory, the team lost the match.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express certainty about future events based on current trends.
Given your rapid progress, the professor's prophecy of your success seems likely.
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Isaac Lidsky: What...
fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction, enticing you to passively watch its prophecies fulfill themselves.
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What causes an economic...
reducing business activity. Psychology can also contribute to a recession. Fear of a recession can become a self-fulfilling prophecy if it causes people to pull back investing and spending. In response, producers might cut operating costs to help weather the expected decline in demand.
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Why should you read...
Soon prophecies come true, portals to different dimensions open up– and fish and leeches begin raining from the sky. But what ties these two characters together– and is it a force either one of them can control? The collision of different worlds is a common thread
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Letting go of God PIPE...
that is so spectacular, it is so wonderful, that the only gift he had left over to give men was the gift of prophecy." What is this wonderful gift God gave women, I wondered? Maybe their greater ability to cooperate and adapt? Women's longer lifespan?
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The optimism bias PIPE Tali...
So they tend to expect the future to be worse than it ends up being. So optimism changes subjective reality. The way we expect the world to be changes the way we see it. But it also changes objective reality. It acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
can put a function and design an engineering function in there and up local nature strategies but it needs to be much more robust for this makers culture I want you to join this it is it's a wiki it's a public domain self-fulfilling prophecy
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Can you solve the Trojan...
you can achieve peace in exactly 6 moves. You make the swaps and all is well until the fifth night. One of your rival gods wants to see the bloodshed continue, and has taken advantage of a forgotten prophecy.
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Maya Doomsday Prophecy PIPE...
reach into our own time our ancestors said that when the last days draw closer many people will die and bad things will happen a doomsday prophecy in an ancient codex speaks of floods fiery rain and
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Why should you read "One...
time moves in an almost cyclical manner. Many characters have similar names and features to their forebears, whose mistakes they often repeat. Strange prophecies and visits from mysterious gypsies
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After billions of years...
So this time, whichever of those cosmic forces wins, we lose. All those pessimistic accounts of the human condition contain some truth, but as prophecies,
Video examples
Isaac Lidsky: What...
fear beats a retreat deep inside your mind, shrinking and distorting your view, drowning your capacity for critical thought with a flood of disruptive emotions. When you face a compelling opportunity to take action, fear lulls you into inaction, enticing you to passively watch its prophecies fulfill themselves.
Video examples
What causes an economic...
reducing business activity. Psychology can also contribute to a recession. Fear of a recession can become a self-fulfilling prophecy if it causes people to pull back investing and spending. In response, producers might cut operating costs to help weather the expected decline in demand.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Soon prophecies come true, portals to different dimensions open up– and fish and leeches begin raining from the sky. But what ties these two characters together– and is it a force either one of them can control? The collision of different worlds is a common thread
Video examples
Letting go of God PIPE...
that is so spectacular, it is so wonderful, that the only gift he had left over to give men was the gift of prophecy." What is this wonderful gift God gave women, I wondered? Maybe their greater ability to cooperate and adapt? Women's longer lifespan?
Video examples
The optimism bias PIPE Tali...
So they tend to expect the future to be worse than it ends up being. So optimism changes subjective reality. The way we expect the world to be changes the way we see it. But it also changes objective reality. It acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
can put a function and design an engineering function in there and up local nature strategies but it needs to be much more robust for this makers culture I want you to join this it is it's a wiki it's a public domain self-fulfilling prophecy
Video examples
Can you solve the Trojan...
you can achieve peace in exactly 6 moves. You make the swaps and all is well until the fifth night. One of your rival gods wants to see the bloodshed continue, and has taken advantage of a forgotten prophecy.
Video examples
Maya Doomsday Prophecy PIPE...
reach into our own time our ancestors said that when the last days draw closer many people will die and bad things will happen a doomsday prophecy in an ancient codex speaks of floods fiery rain and
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
time moves in an almost cyclical manner. Many characters have similar names and features to their forebears, whose mistakes they often repeat. Strange prophecies and visits from mysterious gypsies
Video examples
After billions of years...
So this time, whichever of those cosmic forces wins, we lose. All those pessimistic accounts of the human condition contain some truth, but as prophecies,
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John Ruskin
English Writer
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
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Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.
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Murray Walker
English Entertainer
I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
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Brian Tracy
American Author
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
American Judge
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
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George Noory
American Journalist
Well, with prophecy you got to see what happens.
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Alphonse de Lamartine
French Poet
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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Prince
American Singer
Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.
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India Arie
American Musician
I do believe in prophecy.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.
Quote examples
Herbert A. Simon
American Economist
In the computer field, the moment of truth is a running program; all else is prophecy.
Quote examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.
Quote examples
Murray Walker
English Entertainer
I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
Quote examples
Brian Tracy
American Author
Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.
Quote examples
Benjamin N. Cardozo
American Judge
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
Quote examples
George Noory
American Journalist
Well, with prophecy you got to see what happens.
Quote examples
Alphonse de Lamartine
French Poet
Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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Prince
American Singer
Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.
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India Arie
American Musician
I do believe in prophecy.
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