Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Telling, or pretending to tell, the future events of one's life.
- noun The act or practice of predicting future events in the life of any person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
act orpractise ofpredicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.;prediction offuture events, especially those of a personal nature.
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Examples
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Is prophecy just another name for fortune-telling?
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Is prophecy just another name for fortune-telling?
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Is prophecy just another name for fortune-telling?
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Is prophecy just another name for fortune-telling?
Mysteries & Intrigues of the Bible Howard Books 2007
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Lighted by muted stained-glass lamps and scented candles and separated from its back room by velvet drapes that dropped in heavy folds behind strings of hanging beads, Miss Annabelle’s ofisa, as she referred to her fortune-telling shop, was small and squarish, with a table and wicker chairs on a maroon Oriental rug in the middle of the floor.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Skin Deep Jerome Preisler 2010
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Her so-called fortune-telling is nothing more than business advice.
The Huckleberry Murders Patrick F. McManus 2010
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Her so-called fortune-telling is nothing more than business advice.
The Huckleberry Murders Patrick F. McManus 2010
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The fortune-telling aspect of our brains allows us to navigate our world successfully; we continuously create a model of the world around us, and then make guesses about what will probably happen next.
Michael Taft: The GOP Primary: A Predictable Storm Michael Taft 2012
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The fortune-telling aspect of our brains allows us to navigate our world successfully; we continuously create a model of the world around us, and then make guesses about what will probably happen next.
Michael Taft: The GOP Primary: A Predictable Storm Michael Taft 2012
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Combine that with fortune-telling and there is no way way to figure out what is going on.
It was all an act! 2009
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