1
: one that sees
2
a
: one that predicts events or developments
b
: a person credited with extraordinary moral and spiritual insight
3
: one that practices divination especially by concentrating on a glass or crystal globe
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Examples of seer in a Sentence
several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy
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Some of the subjects, such Mohandas Gandhi and the poet Rabindranath Tagore, are familiar, whereas many others—seers, rulers, slaves, poets, artists, yogis, engineers, and entrepreneurs—will be new to most non-Indian readers.
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Sunil Khilnani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Stalls selling fresh fish offered an education on the species that abound in the Arabian Sea: sardine, mackerel, pomfret, mullet, seer fish, prawns, and mussels.
—Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
The original Cassandra was a Trojan princess and seer.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
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Sunil Khilnani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Stalls selling fresh fish offered an education on the species that abound in the Arabian Sea: sardine, mackerel, pomfret, mullet, seer fish, prawns, and mussels.
—Abraham Verghese, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
The original Cassandra was a Trojan princess and seer.
—Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Seer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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seer
noun
ˈsi(ə)r 
especially for sense 1 also ˈsē-ər
1
: someone or something that sees
2
: a person who foresees or foretells events
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