seer
pronunciation
How to pronounce seer in British English:
UK [sɪə(r)]
How to pronounce seer in American English:
US [sɪr]
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- Noun:
- a person with unusual powers of foresight
- an observer who perceives visually
- an authoritative person who divines the future
Word Origin
- seer (n.)
- late 14c., "one to whom divine revelations are made," agent noun from see (v.). Originally rendering Latin videns, Greek bleptor (from Hebrew roeh) in Bible translations (such as I Kings ix:9). Literal sense of "one who sees" is attested from early 15c.
Example
- 1. It is called the seer .
- 2. Russia is using a war machine called seer .
- 3. They have also enhanced mr bezos 's reputation as a technological seer .
- 4. Worse , the great seer savored a good smoke , and on occasion chowed down on meat .
- 5. But apple 's purchase of next software - the computing company steve jobs set up after he was bounced from apple - started the seer of silicon valley on a remarkable run of technology innovation , capped by the introduction of the ipad in 2010 .