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Spell Bee Word: Seer

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What does seer mean?

Word: Seer

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Seer means a wise person who is believed to see what will happen in the future.

Synonyms: sage, visionary

Sounds like: sear (to burn the surface of something with strong heat)

How do you spell seer?

Syllables: seer

Tricky part: The trick is the double e: s, e, e, r. Students sometimes write sear, which is a different word.

Watch out for: seir, seeer

Memory tip: A seer sees what is coming: keep both e's of see.

Seer in a sentence

Example 1: The old seer warned the king that a great flood was coming.

Example 2: In the story, villagers climbed the hill to ask the seer for advice.

Example 3: Many old stories tell of seers who lived in forests and spent their days in thought.

Next steps

Fun Fact

Seer is built from see and the ending er, so a seer is, word for word, a person who sees.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) seer
b) magishian
c) soothsayar
d) wisdum

Show answer

a) seer. Seer is short but correct; wisdom, soothsayer and magician have each been spelt as they sound.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: seer

a) pioneer
b) hermit
c) sceptic
d) visionary

Show answer

d) visionary. A visionary, like a seer, is said to see what lies ahead; a hermit simply lives alone.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Travellers walked for days through the hills to hear the old seere speak about the year ahead.

a) travellers
b) ahead
c) through
d) seere

Show answer

d) seere. A seer is one who sees; there is no e after the r.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A seer in an old story would be known for ____.

a) foretelling events
b) telling funny stories
c) building strong bridges
d) writing long poems

Show answer

a) foretelling events

2. Which sentence uses seer correctly?

a) The seer foretold a year of good rains.
b) The dry summer left the grass seer and brown.
c) The judge will seer the case next week.
d) Seer the onions in a hot pan for a minute.

Show answer

a) The seer foretold a year of good rains.

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: visionary

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