Oracular - English meaning

adjective

Acting as a sign or warning of a good or bad event in the future.

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There is no controversy about the interpretation of augural signs

adjective

Having a prophetic quality.

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This inadvertent statement may also be fatidic

adjective

Relating to divination or prophecy.

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By watching snakes, polyidus goes on to divine a way to bring the boy back to life, teaches him his…

combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy (such as geomantic corresponding to geomancy ).

adjective

Relating to or having the effect of predicting an event or result.

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Predictive accuracy

adjective

Relating to the ability to predict

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The test has a predictive accuracy of 95%., the predictive value of this new method of analysis has…

adjective

Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

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A prescient warning

adjective

Relating to or serving to predict the likely course of a medical condition.

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The prognostic importance of the antibody

noun

An advance indication of a future event; an omen.

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A pale moon and watery sun are known as prognostics of rain

adjective

Relating to a doctor's judgment of the likely or expected development of a disease or of the chances of getting better

adjective

Accurately predicting what will happen in the future.

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His warnings proved prophetic

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic and mysterious.

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One glimpses them, uttering sibylline predictions of weal and woe

adjective

Describing or predicting what will happen in the future.

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