Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - horoscope
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Horoscope
horoscope
noun Etymology: Middle English horoscopum, from Latin horoscopus, from Greek horoskopos, from hora + skopos watcher; akin to Greek skopein to look at — more at spy Date: 14th century 1. a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life 2. an astrological forecast
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n. Astrol. 1 a forecast of a person's future based on a diagram showing the relative positions of the stars and planets at that person's birth. 2 such a diagram (cast a horoscope). 3 observation of the sky and planets at a particular moment, esp. at a person's birth. Derivatives horoscopic adj. horoscopical adj. horoscopy n. Etymology: F f. L horoscopus f. Gk horoskopos f. hora time + skopos observer ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. гороскоп to cast a horoscope —- составлять гороскоп the horoscope of nations —- книж. будущее народов 2. составлять гороскоп; предсказывать (чью-л) судьбу по звездам ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(horoscopes) Your horoscope is a prediction of events which some people believe will happen to you in the future. Horoscopes are based on the position of the stars when you were born. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a description of your character and the things that will happen to you, based on the position of the stars or planets at the time of your birth horrendous ~ adj 1 frightening and terrible (a horrendous experience.) 2 spoken extremely unreasonable or unpleasant (horrendous prices) - horrendously adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1568, from M.Fr. horoscope, from L. horoscopus, from Gk. horoskopos, from hora "hour" + skopos "watching," in reference to the hour of one's birth. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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