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horoscope

[ hawr-uh-skohp, hor ]

noun

  1. a diagram of the heavens, showing the relative position of planets and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating births, foretelling events in a person's life, etc.
  2. a prediction of future events or advice for future behavior based on such a diagram.


horoscope

/ ˈhɒrəˌskəʊp; ˌhɒrəˈskɒpɪk /

noun

  1. the prediction of a person's future based on a comparison of the zodiacal data for the time of birth with the data from the period under consideration
  2. the configuration of the planets, the sun, and the moon in the sky at a particular moment
  3. Also calledchart a diagram showing the positions of the planets, sun, moon, etc, at a particular time and place
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • horoscopic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • horo·scopic [hawr-, uh, -, skop, -ik, ‑-, skoh, -pik, hor-, uh, ‑], adjective
  • unhor·o·scopic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of horoscope1

before 1050; Middle English, Old English horoscopus < Latin < Greek hōroskópos, equivalent to hōro-, combining form of hṓra hour + skópos -scope
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Word History and Origins

Origin of horoscope1

Old English horoscopus, from Latin, from Greek hōroskopos ascendant birth sign, from hōra hour + -scope
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Example Sentences

Greene also notes the importance, especially for Gen Zs and younger Millennials, of establishing a digital identity—which personalized app-based horoscopes and personality readings like The Pattern can help shape.

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Fox, 35, typically begins her day with tarot cards and reading her horoscope.

She consulted an astrologer and demanded that the president’s staff schedule him around horoscope predictions.

These typologies most resemble horoscopes, in the sense that it can’t be very hard to recognize yourself – or your children – at least partially in any of them.

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The space agency started by clarifying that astronomy and astrology are in no way the same field and practice, then dove into a mathematical breakdown of why a 13th sign wouldn’t really change people’s horoscope charts.

Listen: when I was young my father had the astrologers of the king of Seville's court cast my horoscope.

In other words, he had cast her horoscope, a proceeding common enough in those days, and one which had no treasonable complexion.

When his queen, Catherine of France, was about to be confined, he himself cast the horoscope of the expected child.

He motioned to them, and they, thinking that the horoscope was to be given, galloped once more to the tent.

It was written in thy horoscope that a Red Bull on a green field—I have not forgotten—should bring thee to honour.

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