Told is the past tense and past participle of tell.
2.
See all told
told in British English
(təʊld)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of tell1
adjective
2. all told
told in American English
(toʊld)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
pt. & pp. of
tell1
Idioms:
all told
More idioms containing
told
a little bird told me
Examples of 'told' in a sentence
told
The car's radio told them the temperature was only 14 degrees Celsius.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
If I'd told her what you just told her they'd have chucked me out, he said.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
On his last visit with Antoinetta, she told him he should vote to convict.
Lisa Scottoline ROUGH JUSTICE (2002)
All related terms of 'told'
tauld
to let know ; notify
tell
If you tell someone something, you give them information.
outtell
to make (something) known
all told
You can use all told to introduce or follow a summary , general statement, or total .
twice-told
hackneyed through repeated use
tell off
If you tell someone off , you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong .
tell on
If you tell on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority , especially if they have done something wrong .
I told you so
If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right , you can say ' I told you so '.
tell apart
If you can tell people or things apart , you are able to recognize the differences between them and can therefore identify each of them.
tell against
If a feature or characteristic tells against someone, it spoils their chance of success when they are being considered for something, for example a job.
a little bird told me
said to mean that you are not going to say how you found out about something or who told it to you. This expression is considered old-fashioned in American English.
Chinese translation of 'told'
told
(təuld)
pt, pp
oftell
tell
(tɛl)
Word forms:ptpptold
vt
(= inform)
to tell sb sth告诉(訴)某人某事 (gàosù mǒurén mǒushì)
⇒ They told us the news.他们告诉了我们这个消息。 (Tāmen gàosùle wǒmen zhège xiāoxi.)
(= relate)[story, joke]讲(講) (jiǎng)
⇒ Will you tell me a story?你能给我讲个故事吗？ (Nǐ néng gěi wǒ jiǎng gè gùshi ma?)
(= distinguish)
to tell sth from sth把某物和某物区(區)分开(開) (bǎ mǒuwù hé mǒwù qūfēnkāi)
(= know) 确(確)定 (quèdìng)
⇒ I couldn't tell what they were thinking.我不能确定他们在想什么。 (Wǒ bùnéng quèdìng tāmen zài xiǎng shénme.)
(= reveal) 表明 (biǎomíng)
⇒ The facts tell us that this is not true.事实向我们表明这不是真的。 (Shìshí xiàng wǒmen biǎomíng zhè bùshì zhēn de.)
vi
(= have an effect) 影响(響) (yǐngxiǎng)
⇒ The late nights were beginning to tell on my health.熬夜开始影响我的健康了。 (Áo yè kāishǐ yǐngxiǎng wǒ de jiànkāng le.)
to tell sb to do sth指示某人做某事 (zhǐshì mǒurén zuò mǒushì)
to tell sb that ... 告诉(訴)某人说(說) ... (gàosù mǒurén shuō ... )
to tell sb about or of sth给(給)某人讲(講)述某事 (gěi mǒurén jiǎngshù mǒushì)
to tell the time看时(時)间(間) (kàn shíjiān)
(I) tell you what ... (inf) (我)提议(議) ... ((wǒ) tíyì ... )