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astrologer

/əˈstrɒlədʒə(r)/noun

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ज्योतिषी

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    a person who studies the positions of the stars and planets and claims to tell how they influence people's lives

    ज्योतिषी

    • The family consulted an astrologer before fixing the wedding date.
    • The astrologer studied the chart and named an auspicious date.
    • The astrologer told him to start the journey on Thursday.
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    • Many people read the astrologer's column in the newspaper every Sunday.
    • An astrologer predicted a rainy summer, but it stayed dry.
    • The villagers visited the astrologer before the wedding.
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astrologer or astronomer?

An astrologer predicts human affairs from the stars; astrology is not a science. An astronomer studies stars and planets scientifically.

Astrologer सितारों से मनुष्य के भविष्य की बात करता है; astrology विज्ञान नहीं है। Astronomer सितारों और ग्रहों का वैज्ञानिक अध्ययन करता है।

The astrologer/astronomer pair is a regular one-word-substitution and sentence-improvement question.

Astrologer और astronomer की जोड़ी one-word substitution और sentence improvement दोनों में पूछी जाती है।

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One-word substitution

One who foretells the future from the stars.

'सितारों से भविष्य बताने वाला' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।