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noun ˈsiːəsɪr 1A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future. 预言家；先知 a seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne Example sentencesExamples - That light was pre-existent, but at that moment the awakened seers received the vision to see light.
- Priests, seers and prophets, witches and medicine men were in a strong position to inaugurate their own system of extraction.
- Traditionally, these areas would be the domain of the ‘witch doctor’ or seer, wizard, shaman, wise man/woman, whatever they may be called.
- Over the years, our sages and seers have tried to teach us that when we want to change to world, we must first change ourselves, in a world where geographical boundaries are fast disappearing.
- During this period the sages and seers took to the practice of retiring into the forests to contemplate ‘the cream of all and what takes place’.
- This special form of astrology, we're told, was written by saints and seers thousands of years ago.
- Similarly, the great sages and seers, prophets and avatars also are sources for determining beneficial karma.
- Instead of working them out at the personal friendship level, they hide behind their status as a seer in the Pagan community.
- Rather than assuming that people give off auras or energy fields that can only be detected by rigged cameras or trained seers, we need only assume that the phenomenon of synaesthesia is taking place.
- Throughout history, people have consulted a variety of seers in an effort to be forewarned of events to come.
- They are our ministers and priests, spiritualists and seers, charged with leading the flock to higher ground.
- The dreamer, the visionary seer, not only sees, but does something, makes something.
- In Rome, there were no prophecies emanating from divinely inspired seers who could look far into the future or deep into the past.
- Although a date had not been set, preparations were under way and an organising committee consisting of chiefs, traditional healers, spiritual leaders, seers and church leaders had already been formed.
- This mental domicile was furnished with a potpourri of notions derived directly or indirectly from a long succession of philosophers, sages, and seers East and West.
- Believers have declared that this is a prophecy of the Great Fire of London, which is also said to have been foretold by Nostradamus and other seers.
- If it does, I am a seer and a visionary and demand credit.
- Tarot cards, fortune tellers, seers and old and very powerful creatures have a limited ability to view fragmented pieces of the future.
- She represented herself as a seer and used fortune-telling techniques such as palmistry.
- On the other hand, the gathering of seers and sages, prophets and priests, conjurors and con men, was a strategic assemblage of those who wielded some degree of power.
Synonyms prophet, prophetess, sibyl, augur, soothsayer, wise man, wise woman, sage, oracle, prognosticator, prophesier, forecaster of the future, diviner, fortune teller, crystal gazer, clairvoyant, psychic, spiritualist, medium Scottish spaeman, spaewife rare haruspex, vaticinator, oracler - 1.1 An expert who provides forecasts of the economic or political future.
（经济或政治前景的）预测专家 our seers have grown gloomier about prospects for growth 我们的预言家们对增长前景变得更加悲观。 Example sentencesExamples - Looking back on his comments a little more than a year later, it is hard to give the former governor high marks as an economic seer.
- While your disciples are journalists and blaspheming healers mine are seers and political strategists.
2archaic usually in combination A person who sees something specified. 〈主古〉看到某物的人；观看者 未来的见证者。 看见鬼的人。
OriginMiddle English: from see1 + -er1. RhymesAchaea, aliyah, Almería, Apia, Bahía, Caesarea, Cassiopeia, Chaldea, Cytherea, Euboea, foreseer, freer, galleria, gynaecea, Iphigenia, Kampuchea, kea, keyer, Latakia, Leah, Lucia, Nicaea, Nicosia, onomatopoeia, Oriya, osteria, Pangaea, Pantelleria, pharmacopoeia, pizzeria, ria, rupiah, sangría, sharia, Shia, skier, spiraea (US spirea), Tanzania, taqueria, Tarpeia, Thea, trachea, trattoria, urea adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre noun sɪəsɪr dated (in South Asia) a varying unit of weight (about one kilogram) or liquid measure (about one litre). （印度次大陆的重量、容积单位）锡厄（1锡厄约等于1公斤或1升）
nounsɪrsir 1A person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds. 预言家；先知 Example sentencesExamples - She represented herself as a seer and used fortune-telling techniques such as palmistry.
- Similarly, the great sages and seers, prophets and avatars also are sources for determining beneficial karma.
- This mental domicile was furnished with a potpourri of notions derived directly or indirectly from a long succession of philosophers, sages, and seers East and West.
- Believers have declared that this is a prophecy of the Great Fire of London, which is also said to have been foretold by Nostradamus and other seers.
- Over the years, our sages and seers have tried to teach us that when we want to change to world, we must first change ourselves, in a world where geographical boundaries are fast disappearing.
- Rather than assuming that people give off auras or energy fields that can only be detected by rigged cameras or trained seers, we need only assume that the phenomenon of synaesthesia is taking place.
- During this period the sages and seers took to the practice of retiring into the forests to contemplate ‘the cream of all and what takes place’.
- Priests, seers and prophets, witches and medicine men were in a strong position to inaugurate their own system of extraction.
- In Rome, there were no prophecies emanating from divinely inspired seers who could look far into the future or deep into the past.
- If it does, I am a seer and a visionary and demand credit.
- Instead of working them out at the personal friendship level, they hide behind their status as a seer in the Pagan community.
- This special form of astrology, we're told, was written by saints and seers thousands of years ago.
- Tarot cards, fortune tellers, seers and old and very powerful creatures have a limited ability to view fragmented pieces of the future.
- They are our ministers and priests, spiritualists and seers, charged with leading the flock to higher ground.
- The dreamer, the visionary seer, not only sees, but does something, makes something.
- Throughout history, people have consulted a variety of seers in an effort to be forewarned of events to come.
- Although a date had not been set, preparations were under way and an organising committee consisting of chiefs, traditional healers, spiritual leaders, seers and church leaders had already been formed.
- Traditionally, these areas would be the domain of the ‘witch doctor’ or seer, wizard, shaman, wise man/woman, whatever they may be called.
- That light was pre-existent, but at that moment the awakened seers received the vision to see light.
- On the other hand, the gathering of seers and sages, prophets and priests, conjurors and con men, was a strategic assemblage of those who wielded some degree of power.
Synonyms prophet, prophetess, sibyl, augur, soothsayer, wise man, wise woman, sage, oracle, prognosticator, prophesier, forecaster of the future, diviner, fortune teller, crystal gazer, clairvoyant, psychic, spiritualist, medium - 1.1 An expert who provides forecasts of the economic or political future.
（经济或政治前景的）预测专家 our seers have grown gloomier about prospects for growth 我们的预言家们对增长前景变得更加悲观。 Example sentencesExamples - While your disciples are journalists and blaspheming healers mine are seers and political strategists.
- Looking back on his comments a little more than a year later, it is hard to give the former governor high marks as an economic seer.
2archaic usually in combination A person who sees something specified. 〈主古〉看到某物的人；观看者 未来的见证者。 看见鬼的人。
OriginMiddle English: from see + -er. nounsɪrsir dated (in South Asia) a varying unit of weight (about one kilogram) or liquid measure (about one liter). （印度次大陆的重量、容积单位）锡厄（1锡厄约等于1公斤或1升）
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