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clairvoyant

/kleəˈvɔɪənt/noun

उच्चारण क्लेअर्वॉइअन्ट

दिव्यदर्शी, भविष्यवक्ता

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noun
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    a person who claims to be able to see future events or communicate with people who are dead

    दिव्यदर्शी, भविष्यवक्ता

    • She visited a clairvoyant to know her future.
    • The clairvoyant claimed to know who had stolen the necklace.
    • The clairvoyant said she could see the future in a crystal.
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    • Many people laughed at the clairvoyant's predictions.
    • He claimed to be a clairvoyant, but he could not prove it.
    • A clairvoyant on television made bold claims about the election.

    Synonyms psychic seer prophet fortune teller soothsayer

adjective
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    having the power to see what will happen in the future

    भविष्य देखने वाला, दिव्यदृष्टि वाला

    • clairvoyant powers
    • The story's heroine has clairvoyant dreams that predict floods.
    • She joked that she was clairvoyant after guessing the question paper.
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    • Nobody can be clairvoyant enough to predict the weather a year ahead.
    • The novel's hero has a clairvoyant gift he cannot control.

    Synonyms psychic prophetic visionary second-sighted

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≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

psychic seer prophet fortune teller soothsayer prophetic visionary second-sighted

AaSpelling

clair·voy·ant

With -air- and -oy- (from French 'clear-seeing').

-air- और -oy- के साथ (French 'स्पष्ट देखना' से)।

§Grammar and usage

The noun clairvoyance.

Clairvoyant एक adjective है (दिव्यदृष्टि वाला), और इसका noun रूप clairvoyance है, जिसका मतलब है भविष्य या छिपी बातें देख लेने की शक्ति।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who claims to see the future or events beyond normal senses is a clairvoyant; one who foretells the future a seer, prophet or soothsayer; by the stars an astrologer; by lines on the hand a palmist.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: भविष्य या सामान्य इंद्रियों से परे घटनाएँ देखने का दावा करने वाला clairvoyant; भविष्य बताने वाला seer, prophet या soothsayer; तारों से astrologer; हाथ की रेखाओं से palmist।