The machinery was not in motion, and but a few of the shop doors unbarred, when he alighted in the stable yard of the tavern, and made it his first business to order the mare four quarts of oats.
prophecy. 1  prediction of the future under divine or paranormal guidance; act, practice, or ability of a prophet. 2  any prediction. 3  something prophesied or predicted; specif., the divinely inspired utterance or utterances of a prophet. 4  a book of prophecies.
: a future event that is sure to happen: a destiny that can be clearly seen and that cannot be changed. They were living in a time when expansion to the Pacific was regarded by many people as the Manifest Destiny of the United States. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.