0 present participle of prophesy --
1 to say that you believe something will happen in the future: --
[ + question word ] I wouldn't like to prophesy what will happen to that marriage!
[ + that ] He prophesied that the present government would only stay four years in office.
Few could have prophesied this war.
I am not at all fond of prophesying in these matters—it has caught me out.
But we are not prophesying troubles at, all.
I only mention this as showing the extraordinary difficulty of prophesying.
Does he think that, anyway, there might be more resignations if there were women bishops, which many are prophesying?
We have had an elegant discussion about the futuristic prophesying nature of the phrase.
The index of average earnings shows that the present round of pay policy has worked better than most people were prophesying this time last year.
In fact, the signs of growth have been so strong that already some are prophesying boom and doom.
This is not a time for smooth prophesying.
