Meaning

3 senses
  1. A globe of glass or crystal that is used to foretell the future.

    The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.

    Glaskugel, Kristallkugel

    маги́ческий криста́ллmagíčeskij kristáll, хруста́льный шарxrustálʹnyj šar

    a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers

  2. (broadly, figuratively)A manner or method of seeing into the future.

    If her past is a crystal ball to her future, she will perhaps never be rich, even though she is a kind, hard-working person.

  3. One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. We don't have a crystal ball.

  2. Mary looked into her crystal ball.

    deMaria sah in ihre Kristallkugel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I don't have a crystal ball.

    ruУ меня нет хрустального шара. — astru

    deIch habe keine Kristallkugel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Robert doesn't have a crystal ball.

  5. A computer is a crystal ball.

Translations

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