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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhoroscopehor‧o‧scope /ˈhɒrəskəʊp $ ˈhɑːrəskoʊp, ˈhɔː-/ noun [countable] a description of your character and the things that will happen to you, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth → zodiac
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horoscope• Particular items like cartoons and horoscopes often had high readerships; leading articles did not.• However, some minor sporting events, television schedules, crosswords and horoscopes have been omitted.• No, we're not doing horoscopes just looking ahead to Saturday afternoon.• The Pope has put betting - with tax-dodging and reading horoscopes - on a list of sins that risk eternal damnation.• And stargazers who slavishly read those horoscopes are set for the sign of eternal damnation.• There was no sense in letting a silly thing like an unsolicited horoscope put her in a flap.• You can even have your horoscope added to the mix.• Even reading your horoscope can get up your nose.
Origin horoscope (1000-1100) French Greek horoskopos, from hora “hour” + skopein “to look at”
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