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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All the great seers and philosophers say our daily life is an illusion.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Dating back to classical antiquity, the idea that a soothsayer can tell something about a person’s health, disposition, or destiny from the lines on their palm has long fascinated seers and scientists alike.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
That should be hard to pull off in a movie that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of Spider-Man, and yet Venom succeeds where Morbius and Madame Web—Jared Leto’s vampiric superhero and Dakota Johnson’s clairvoyant seer—stumble.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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.
—Sunil Khilnani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Dating back to classical antiquity, the idea that a soothsayer can tell something about a person’s health, disposition, or destiny from the lines on their palm has long fascinated seers and scientists alike.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
That should be hard to pull off in a movie that doesn’t acknowledge the existence of Spider-Man, and yet Venom succeeds where Morbius and Madame Web—Jared Leto’s vampiric superhero and Dakota Johnson’s clairvoyant seer—stumble.
—James Grebey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
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.
—Sunil Khilnani, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
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“Seer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seer. Accessed 20 Dec. 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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