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Meaning of fortune-telling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The act or practice of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.

uncountable

Equivalents

العربية عَرَافَة
Suomi ennustaminen
Français bonne aventure
Italiano divinazione
日本語 占い
Português adivinhação
Svenska spådom
Türkçe fal
Tiếng Việt bồi bói toán

Examples

“Fortune-telling has been in all countries a gift of the sea-people.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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