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fortunetelling

for·tune·tell·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr-chuh n-tel-ing]
    • /ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr-chuh n-tel-ing]
    • /ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ɪŋ/

Definitions of fortunetelling word

  • noun fortunetelling the act or practice of predicting the future. 1
  • adjective fortunetelling engaged in or used for fortunetelling. 1
  • noun fortunetelling Alternative spelling of fortune-telling. 1
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Origin of fortunetelling

First appearance:

before 1550
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1550-60; fortune + tell1 + -ing1

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Parts of speech for Fortunetelling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Fortunetelling

fortunetelling popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fortunetelling

noun fortunetelling

  • fascination — the power or action of fascinating.
  • illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
  • necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
  • foreboding — a prediction; portent.
  • augury — An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
All 80 Synonyms of fortunetelling

Antonyms for fortunetelling

noun fortunetelling

  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
  • stupidity — the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
  • proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
All 6 Antonyms of fortunetelling

Related words

  • tarot

    any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
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