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horoscope

horoscope

20 5.9
A prediction about a person's future using the planets' positions at birth
  • noun
  • /ˈhɔːrəˌskoʊp/
translation icon : horóscopo
  • Horoscopes seem very specific to people who believe in them.
  • a daily horoscope
  • reads her horoscope
  • check my horoscope

I am a Virgo so I'm going to read my horoscope.

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Examples

  • I always check my horoscope in the morning to see what the day has in store for me.

  • My horoscope said I should try new things today.

  • But I remember one time I read like every horoscope that I found.

  • For once, my horoscope was correct.

  • My horoscope said it was going to be a rotten day.

  • Every local newspaper contained a horoscope.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • My horoscope says, "you will think you have to make a decision, but you don't."

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  • The newspapers still carry horoscopes, but they're not on the front page anymore.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • And all the horoscope things I read about me being a Capricorn, Reese being a Virgo have all been spot on.

  • A recent horoscope suggested that I don't squander my awesomeness on old hurts.

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How Specific

to forecast
54 2.5
prediction
375 2.6
horoscope
20 5.9

Surface Forms

horoscope singular
horoscopes plural

Etymology

Horoscope comes from Greek parts hora ('hour' or 'time') and skopos ('watcher' or 'look'), the same root as the English scope. Because a horoscope was made for the exact time of your birth, people used it to 'watch' the stars at that moment and make guesses about your future.