To prophesy is to say what will happen in the future, especially when people believe you have religious or magical knowledge — not when you are guessing tomorrow’s weather from an app. A prophet prophesies; in stories and in the Bible, someone prophesies war, or peace, or the birth of a child.

To prophesyprophesy這個字 is to say what will happen in the future意思是說出未來會發生的事, especially when people believe you have religious or magical knowledge尤其是當大家相信你有宗教或魔法般的知識時 — not不是 when you are guessing tomorrow's weather from an app像你看app猜明天天氣那樣。 A prophet prophesies先知會prophesy（預言）; in stories and in the Bible在故事和聖經裡, someone prophesies war, or peace, or the birth of a child有人會預言戰爭、和平，或一個孩子的誕生。

It is a verb. The voice is formal, often religious or literary.

It is a verb這是一個動詞。 The voice is formal這個字的語氣正式, often religious or literary常帶有宗教或文學的味道。

Though actually, newspapers sometimes stretch it for any bold prediction (“the economist prophesied a crash”), and then it can sound a little too big, as if the speaker is playing at being a holy person. The everyday verbs are predict or say.

Though actually不過其實, newspapers sometimes stretch it for any bold prediction新聞有時候會把這個字套用在任何大膽的預測上 ("the economist prophesied a crash")，像"the economist prophesied a crash"，也就是「這位經濟學家預言會崩盤」, and而 then it can sound a little too big這樣聽起來會有點誇張, as if the speaker is playing at being a holy person好像講話的人在裝作自己是個聖人。 The everyday verbs are predict or say日常會用的動詞是predict（預測）或say（說）。

This spelling with s is the verb. The usual noun — the message itself — is prophecy, with a c. They are doublets: two English words from the same old family, now split by spelling and by job.

This spelling with s這個s結尾的拼法 is the verb是動詞。 The usual noun一般的名詞 — the message itself也就是預言的內容本身 — is prophecy, with a c是拼成c結尾的prophecy。 They are doublets它們是一對doublets（同源雙生詞）: two English words from the same old family兩個英文字源自同一個古老的字, now split by spelling and by job現在因為拼法和用法不同而分開了。