Definition of seer
1 : one that sees
2a : one that predicts events or developmentsb : 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
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Yet while this week's retreat on a measure McConnell wrote behind closed doors dented his reputation as a consummate legislative seer, no one was counting him out.
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Yet while this week’s retreat on a measure McConnell wrote behind closed doors dented his reputation as a consummate legislative seer, no one was counting him out.
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Energy efficient updates to the home include two 15 SEER heating and cooling units, radiant barrier, roof turbines, tankless hot water heater, and window tinting.
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His father, though, did get a construction job at the Fatima basilica where the three seers are entombed.
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Mr. Henry is, depending on your belief in the afterlife, a seer or a charlatan.
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Among Lady Jane’s nearly two hundred journals and two thousand letters are some that describe her dabbling in the paranormal, going to seers and clairvoyants, to connect to her husband.
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Historians, of course, are not called upon to be seers.
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All the seers and prophets are gone, their knowledge lost to the dust of time.
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First Known Use of seer
14th century
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: someone who predicts things that will happen in the future
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