prophet
US: /ˈpɹɑfət/
UK: /pɹˈɒfɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
prophet /prophet/- danh từ
- nhà tiên tri; người đoán trước
- người chủ trương, người đề xướng (một nguyên lý, một chủ nghĩa)
- (tôn giáo) giáo đồ
- (từ lóng) người mách nước (đánh cá ngựa)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] (in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions) a person sent by God to teach the people and give them messages from God: an Old Testament prophet + Hebrew prophets
2 (the Prophet) [sing.] Muhammad, who FOUNDED the religion of Islam
3 a person who claims to know what will happen in the future
4 ~ (of sth) a person who teaches or supports a new idea, theory, etc: William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
5 (the Prophets) [pl.] the name used for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible
Idioms see DOOM n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
prophetess, oracle, forecaster, seer, soothsayer, clairvoyant, prognosticator, fortune-teller, augur, diviner, witch, warlock, sibyl, haruspex, vaticinator; (of doom) Cassandra:
Statistically, the weather prophets have a fair record of accuracy.
Collocation
ADJ.
true
Some believe that he was not a true prophet.
| false | great | Old Testament
PHRASES
a prophet of doom
(informal) In spite of the prophets of doom, her business proved very successful.
Concise dictionary
prophetess|prophets|prophetesses'prɑfɪt /'prɒ-noun
+an authoritative person who divines the future
+someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
