to tell fortunes

Examples

• All

• - You mean he tells fortunes?

  The World of Suzie Wong (1960)

• That means you have the powers to read palms and tell fortunes and wonderful things are gonna happen to you.

  Gypsy (1993)

• A friend of my sister, she tells fortunes and stuff.

  Fame (1980)

• I tell fortunes by reading the creases.

  The Exorcist (1973)

• They all tell fortunes all night long about men, and mine are always about work.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Mostly I tell fortunes.

  U Turn (1997)

• Can you tell fortunes?

  One from the Heart (1982)

• You tell fortunes.

  Interiors (1978)

• She tells fortunes at the hotels. "I think I've seen her," Margery said.

  Fiction book (2002)

• By my twelfth birthday, I had convinced her to take me traveling with her in the summer months, telling fortunes by reading palms and reading the tarot.

  Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

P

to predict

vsto tell fortunes

812 3.0

To say what will happen in the future

adds a claim of special techniques and focuses on others rather than general forecasts

F

to foretell

vsto tell fortunes

41 7.0

To say what will happen in the future

emphasizes a personal claim using cards, palms, or similar techniques

P

to prophesy

vsto tell fortunes

28 7.4

To say what will happen in the future, often claiming it comes from a god

is practised through human tools and methods, not divine inspiration

C

to chiromance

vsto tell fortunes

9.9

To tell someone's future by reading the lines on their palm

focuses on claiming future knowledge often with cards, palms, or similar tools

V

to vaticinate

vsto tell fortunes

• Archaic

9.9

To say what will happen in the future because someone has spiritual power

uses human-run methods and tools rather than claiming divine revelation

How Predictive

to prophesy

28 7.4

to forecast

54 2.5

to predict

812 3.0

to tell fortunes

4 7.6

to speculate

254 4.8

to guess

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology