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“Cere” or “Sear” or “Seer” or “Sere”

cere / sear / seer / sere are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

cere

  • nounthe fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds.
  • verbwrap up in a cerecloth.

sear s·IH·r

  • verbmake very hot and dry.

seer s·IY·r

  • nounan observer who perceives visually.

sere s·IH·r

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“cere”

  • …slender bills with a fleshy cere.

“sear”

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“seer”

  • …1932 King Gillette hired a seer for $100 a day.
  • …of Urim and Thummim and Seer Stones
  • …Banff newspaper under the pseudonym "Seer Altitudinous."
  • …evidence suggests that these same seer stones were one of the…
  • Calchas, the great seer, prophesies that King Agamemnon must…
  • …used a collection of different seer stones in searching for buried…
  • …is deliberately ironic that the "seer" can "see" better than Oedipus,…
  • …implies that Smith's use of seer stones and dowsing rods was…

“sere”

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