| NOUN | cognition | prophecy, prognostication, vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
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| communication | prophecy, divination | a prediction uttered under divine inspiration |
| Sounds | praa'fahsiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source). | |
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| Synonyms | prognostication, vaticination | |
| Narrower | crystal gazing | staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events |
| divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling | The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | |
| Broader | prediction, anticipation, prevision | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| Spanish | predicción, pronosticación, vaticinio | |
| Catalan | profecia | |
| Adjectives | prophetic, prophetical | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
| Meaning | A prediction uttered under divine inspiration. | |
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| Synonym | divination | |
| Narrower | oracle | A prophecy (usually obscure / obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess |
| Broader | prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication | A statement made about the future |
| Spanish | adivinación, profecía, vaticinio | |
| Catalan | divinació, endevinació, profecia, vaticini | |
| Adjectives | prophetic, prophetical | foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
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