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FORTUNETELLING

• FORTUNETELLING (noun)
The noun FORTUNETELLING has 1 sense:

1. the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)

Familiarity information: FORTUNETELLING used as a noun is very rare.

• FORTUNETELLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fortunetelling" is a kind of...):

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)

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(English proverb)
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(Native American proverb, Navajo)
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(Arabic proverb)
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(Corsican proverb)

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