seer

noun \ ˈsir , ˈsē-ər \

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of seer

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

Recent Examples of seer from the Web

He is considered a prophet, seer and revelator who leads the church — along with two top counselors and members of the Quorum — through divine revelation from God.

— Washington Post, "Mormon church’s all-male hierarchy is steeped in tradition," 31 Mar. 2018
What is worth remembering is that, just 15 months earlier, investment seers were as spectacularly wrong but in the opposite direction.

— spencer jakab, WSJ, "Market Anniversary an Occasion for Caution, Too," 9 Mar. 2018
Well, Jones continues its near-psychic streak with its brand-new sophomore season, which grapples with another seer-like storyline.

— ariana romero, refinery29.com, "Jessica Jones Season 2 Is About The Importance Of Listening To Women," 7 Mar. 2018
Zach Galifianakis pops up as the Happy Medium, a seer who points the way to the missing father.

— michael phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'A Wrinkle in Time' review: Disney's space odyssey leads to Oprah and beyond," 7 Mar. 2018
When Nick consults Nostradamus (Blake Hammond) to look into the future and see the next big thing, the seer sees (drum roll, please) musical theater, that bizarre stage invention where actors actually stop speaking and burst into song.

— toby zinman, Philly.com, "'Something Rotten!' at Academy of Music is something hilarious," 28 Feb. 2018
His job is not to be a seer but rather to conjure an entertaining narrative, one that periodically lends itself to commentary on the planet’s present plight.

— david holahan, USA TODAY, "Mogul's quest for 'Immortal Life' fuels entertaining sci-fi tale," 19 Dec. 2017
Virgil’s reputation as seer as well as propagandist held sway for centuries.

— willard spiegelman, WSJ, "Of Arms and the Man," 22 Sep. 2017
The Fox sisters of Rochester became a sensation by holding séances in which the dead communicated through rappings, and Andrew Jackson Davis, seer and clairvoyant, emerged as the leader of American spiritualism.

— louis p. masur, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘The Apparitionists,’ by Peter Manseau," 3 Nov. 2017

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