seer

CEFRC1

/sɪə(ɹ)/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person believed to know or predict the future.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who sees something; an eyewitness.

Examples

  • The king consulted a famous seer before going to war.

  • Mary is a seer.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsiːə(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

More examples

In context

  • As a seer of beautiful visions, or, shall we say, of visions of the beautiful, he is never weary of celebrating the poet and his vocation.

  • "But I must not forget to tell you that the lad was born on a Sunday, and had found a card with the four of clubs; therefore he was a seer, that is to say, he could see the supernatural people, but they could not see him."

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The blind blank spoke of things that would happen many years later.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English seere, equivalent to see + -er (“agent suffix”).