"cold reading" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cold readings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "cold reading (countable and uncountable, plural cold readings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The self-described psychic was merely using cold reading."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event."
      ],
      "id": "en-cold_reading-en-noun-5pHYAXy8",
      "links": [
        [
          "guess",
          "guess"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Acting auditions often include cold reading."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, reading."
      ],
      "id": "en-cold_reading-en-noun-C~yzUqKd",
      "links": [
        [
          "cold",
          "cold#English"
        ],
        [
          "reading",
          "reading#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cold reading"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cold readings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "cold reading (countable and uncountable, plural cold readings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The self-described psychic was merely using cold reading."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guess",
          "guess"
        ],
        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Acting auditions often include cold reading."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, reading."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cold",
          "cold#English"
        ],
        [
          "reading",
          "reading#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cold reading"
}