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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several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy
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But Becker also reveals the largely forgotten precedents for this worldview, sketching a lineage of thought that connects today’s Silicon Valley seers to earlier futurist prophets.
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John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
In South Africa, the teen-age seer Nongqawuse foretold that the European settlers would be swept into the sea and a golden age would dawn—if only her people slaughtered their cattle and burned their crops.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
The seer narrowed down the location to a place near or over a garage in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025
Machar has long regarded himself as destined for the presidency, citing a prophecy years ago by a seer from his ethnic group.
—Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
In South Africa, the teen-age seer Nongqawuse foretold that the European settlers would be swept into the sea and a golden age would dawn—if only her people slaughtered their cattle and burned their crops.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
The seer narrowed down the location to a place near or over a garage in Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 3 May 2025
Machar has long regarded himself as destined for the presidency, citing a prophecy years ago by a seer from his ethnic group.
—Cara Anna, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Seer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seer. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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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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