fortunetelling

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for·tune·tell·er

 (fôr′chən-tĕl′ər)
n.
One who professes to predict future events.

for′tune·tell′ing adj. & n.
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Noun1.fortunetelling - the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the future
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JOANNA LUMLEY'S POSTCARDS Thursday, ITV, 8.30pm THE actress shares her memories of Greece, battles her fears to climb the Acropolis in Athens to see the restoration, and heads to a fortune-telling festival and heading into the mountains of Delphi to take in ancient fortunetelling fumes.
before heading to a fortunetelling festival and climbing into the mountains of Delphi to take in ancient fortune-telling fumes.
Joanna battles her fears and climbs the Acropolis in Athens to see the restoration process before heading to a fortunetelling festival and climbing into the mountains of Delphi to take in ancient fortune-telling fumes.
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