crystal-gazing
crystal-gazing · crystal-gazings
The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing…The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The making of predictions about the future, especially when these are seen as very speculative.
The government's financial forecasts are just crystal-gazing.
Forms
plural: crystal-gazings| Singular | crystal-gazing |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedcrystal-gazer
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable