prophesied
past simple and past participle ofprophesy
| 单词 | prophesied |
| 释义 | prophesied past simple and past participle ofprophesy prophesy verb[IorT] uk/ˈprɒf.ə.saɪ/us/ˈprɑː.fə.saɪ/to say that youbelievesomething willhappenin thefuture: Few could have prophesied thiswar. [+ that]He prophesiedthatthepresentgovernmentwould onlystayfouryearsinoffice. [+ question word]I wouldn't like to prophesywhat willhappento thatmarriage! Predicting things and intuition
Examplesofprophesiedprophesied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Heprophesiedto them in secret all the happenings that would take place on their journey. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, he hadprophesiedthe exact opposite: a decline of productivist dogma in favor of progressive experimentation. From theCambridge English Corpus Heprophesiedthat in the future the victims might be rehabilitated (p. 96). From theCambridge English Corpus Experience has entirely falsified all the dire consequences that wereprophesiedas to what would happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Large welfare milk rounds in inner city areas will suffer huge losses—£50 to £60 a week, it has beenprophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Socialists many years agoprophesiedthat in time to come this competition would have to go, and that rationalisation would have to be substituted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He almostprophesiedthat there would be a tornado of appeals thundering down upon the poor valuation officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If theblitzkriegprophesiedby these commentators takes place, it will not get there in time anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is significant about the past two years is that we have not had the economic downturn that practically everyoneprophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Five years later, in 1988, a second fire occurred—on time, asprophesiedby the consultants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry was built up to a position which many peopleprophesiedcould not happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It never had the effect which he so dolefullyprophesiedwith regard to that class of transaction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 While the free market operated the supply of private rented property did not increase, as his partyprophesied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the presentprophesiedunemployment figure of 3 million underestimates the real level of unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Heprophesiedthat there would be an overall surplus of some few million pounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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