Definition

1. Verb:

   • To foretell: To predict or declare what will happen in the future, often through divine inspiration or special insight.
   • To prophesy: To speak or write as a prophet; to predict future events with an implication of divine authority or revelation.

2. Noun:

   • A prophet: A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God, or one who predicts the future.
   • A seer: A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy được cho là có khả năng tiên tri tương lai. (He is said to have the ability to foretell the future.)
  • Nhà tiên tri đã tiên tri về một trận đại hồng thủy. (The prophet prophesied a great flood.)
• Noun:
  • Isaiah là một tiên tri quan trọng trong Kinh Thánh. (Isaiah is an important prophet in the Bible.)
  • Lời tiên tri của bà ấy cuối cùng đã thành sự thật. (Her prophecy finally came true.)

Advanced Usage

• "Nhà tiên tri": This common compound noun specifically means "the prophet" or "the seer," referring to the person.
  • Nhà tiên tri được cả dân làng kính trọng. (The prophet was respected by the whole village.)
• "Lời tiên tri": This common compound noun means "the prophecy," referring to the prediction itself.
  • Lời tiên tri cổ xưa đã được giải mã. (The ancient prophecy has been deciphered.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự tiên tri (n): The act of prophesying; prescience.
  • Sự tiên tri của ông ta khiến mọi người kinh ngạc. (His prescience amazed everyone.)
• Tiên đoán (v): To predict, to forecast. (This is a more general, often secular term compared to ).
  • Không ai có thể tiên đoán chính xác thị trường chứng khoán. (No one can predict the stock market accurately.)

Synonyms

• Foretell: To predict (a future event).
• Prophesy: To predict by or as if by divine inspiration.
• Predict: To say that an event will happen in the future.
• Foresee: To be aware of beforehand; to anticipate.

Related Idioms

• Ứng nghiệm lời tiên tri: For a prophecy to come true or be fulfilled.
  • Mọi chi tiết trong giấc mơ đều ứng nghiệm lời tiên tri. (Every detail in the dream fulfilled the prophecy.)

verb

1. to foretell