"crystal-gazing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crystal-gazings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} crystal-gazing (countable and uncountable, plural crystal-gazings)
  1. The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-crystal-gazing-en-noun-vEBGuAT2
  2. (figuratively) The making of predictions about the future, especially when these are seen as very speculative. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-crystal-gazing-en-noun-9qDlVw-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crystal-gazer

Inflected forms

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