Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To foretell future events; predict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To foretell the future; make predictions.
- noun Soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy.
- noun A portent; an omen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To foretell; to predict.
- noun obsolete A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.
- noun Omen; portent. Having.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
foretell thefuture ; makepredictions . - noun
Soothsaying ;prediction ;prognostication ;prophecy . - noun A
portent ; anomen .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My 10 primary predictions tend to be upbeat and positive -- I've always felt that if you don't have anything nice to soothsay, you shouldn't soothsay anything at all.
Laurence Hughes: The Future of Publishing: 10 Predictions Plus 2 2010
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Therefore, he "clarified" himself by saying that, "my aim in writing the column was not to soothsay but to alert readers to the seriousness of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program - and to persuade them that the United States should do something to stop it."
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Our billionaires chose to soothsay about everything from the economy to the environment.
Billionaire's Predictions For 20072007 Billionaire Sneak Peeks Chaniga Vorasarun 2006
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So much she said to Heriolf, but she had not ended her soothsay.
Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Maurice Hewlett 1892
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Oddly enough, though every one in the Settlement had heard the soothsay, and nobody doubted it, she was the only person concerned who took it closely to heart.
Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Maurice Hewlett 1892
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"Thou must be wealthy and art bountiful, so it is worth while to soothsay for thee."
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879
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So as the rest of the country watched their cell phones for a text from media-savvy Punxsutawney Phil, New Yorkers were watching Mayor Bloomberg, hoping, praying that Chuck would soothsay an end to the winter's icy embrace.
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So as the rest of the country watched their cell phones for a text from media-savvy Punxsutawney Phil, New Yorkers were watching Mayor Bloomberg, hoping, praying that Chuck would soothsay an end to the winter's icy embrace.
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What they won’t do, I soothsay with absolute certainty, is give up the comforting hallucination that America should never fight and can never win.
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What they won’t do, I soothsay with absolute certainty, is give up the comforting hallucination that America should never fight and can never win.
Stromata Blog: 2007
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