"cold reading" meaning in English

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "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."
      ],
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          "guess"
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        [
          "impression",
          "impression"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Acting auditions often include cold reading."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, reading."
      ],
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          "cold",
          "cold#English"
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          "reading",
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      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "cold reading"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cold readings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "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"
        ]
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Acting auditions often include cold reading."
        }
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cold, reading."
      ],
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