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tell 1 T0094100 (tĕl)v. told (tōld), tell·ing, tells v.tr.1. a. To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: She told him that the store was closed. Tell me the truth.b. To give a detailed account of; narrate: told what happened; told us a story.c. To notify (someone) of something; inform: He told us of his dream to sail around the world.d. To make known; disclose or reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.e. To inform (someone) positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.f. To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.2. To discover by observation; discern: We could tell that he was upset.3. To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.v.intr.1. To relate a story or give an account of an event: The sailor told of having been adrift for days.2. To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong: She promised not to tell on her friend.3. To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.n. Games An unintentional or unconsciously exhibited behavior that reveals or betrays one's state of mind, as when playing poker.Phrasal Verb: tell off Informal To rebuke severely; reprimand.Idiom: tell time To determine the time of day indicated by the positions of the hands on a clock. [Middle English tellen, from Old English tellan; see del- in Indo-European roots.] tell′a·ble adj.
tell 2 T0094100 (tĕl)n. A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements. [Arabic tall; see tll in Semitic roots.]tell (tɛl) vb, tells, telling or told1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to let know or notify: he told me that he would go. 2. (tr) to order or instruct (someone to do something): I told her to send the letter airmail. 3. (when: intr, usually foll by of) to give an account or narration (of something): she told me her troubles. 4. (tr) to communicate by words; utter: to tell the truth. 5. (tr) to make known; disclose: to tell fortunes. 6. (often foll by: of) to serve as an indication: her blush told of her embarrassment. 7. (tr; used with can, etc; may take a clause as object) to comprehend, discover, or discern: I can tell what is wrong. 8. (tr; used with can, etc) to distinguish or discriminate: he couldn't tell chalk from cheese. 9. (intr) to have or produce an impact, effect, or strain: every step told on his bruised feet. 10. informal (sometimes foll by: on) to reveal secrets or gossip (about): don't tell!; she told on him. 11. (tr) to assure: I tell you, I've had enough!. 12. (tr) to count (votes)13. (intr) dialect to talk or chatter14. informal chiefly US to tell the truth no matter how unpleasant it is15. tell the time to read the time from a clock16. you're telling me slang I know that very well[Old English tellan; related to Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen to tell, count, Old Norse telja] ˈtellable adj
tell (tɛl) n (Human Geography) a large mound resulting from the accumulation of rubbish on a long-settled site, esp one with mudbrick buildings, particularly in the Middle East[C19: from Arabic tall]
Tell (tɛl) n (Biography) William, German name Wilhelm Tell. a legendary Swiss patriot, who, traditionally, lived in the early 14th century and was compelled by an Austrian governor to shoot an apple from his son's head with one shot of his crossbow. He did so without mishaptell1 (tɛl) v. told, tell•ing. v.t. 1. to narrate or relate (a story, tale, etc.). 2. to make known (a fact, news, information, etc.); communicate. 3. to announce or proclaim. 4. to utter (the truth, a lie, etc.); speak. 5. to express in words (thoughts, feelings, etc.). 6. to reveal or divulge (something secret or private). 7. to say positively: I can't tell just when I'll be done. 8. to discern or recognize; identify: to tell twins apart. 9. to inform (a person) of something: He told me his name. 10. to order or command: Tell her to stop. 11. to enumerate; count. v.i. 12. to give an account or report. 13. to give evidence; be an indication. 14. to disclose something secret or private: Will you hate me if I tell? 15. to say positively; determine or predict: It may be the same shade, but I can't tell. 16. to produce a marked effect. 17. tell off, to rebuke severely; scold. 18. tell on, to tattle on. Idioms: tell it like it is, Informal. to be blunt and forthright. [before 900; Middle English tellen, Old English tellan to relate, count, c. Old Frisian talia, tella, Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen, Old Norse telja; akin to tale] tell2 (tɛl) n. an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name). [1860–65; < Arabic tall hillock] Tell (tɛl) n. William, William Tell. speak say">say tell1. 'speak'When you speak, you use your voice to produce words. The past tense of speak is spoke. The -ed participle is spoken. They spoke very enthusiastically about their trip.I've spoken to Raja and he agrees with me.2. 'say'Don't use 'speak' to report what someone says. Don't say, for example, 'He spoke that the doctor had arrived'. Say 'He said that the doctor had arrived'. I said that I would like to teach English.He said it was an accident.3. 'tell'If you mention the person who is being spoken to as well as what was said, use tell. He told me that he was a farmer.I told her what the doctor had said.See say, tell4. 'talk'See speak - talk
tellTell is a common verb which is used in several different ways. Its past form and -ed participle is told. 1. informationIf someone tells you something, they give you some information. You usually refer to this information by using a that-clause or a wh-clause. Tell Dad the electrician has come.I told her what the doctor had said.You can sometimes refer to the information that is given by using a noun phrase as the direct object of tell. When the direct object is not a pronoun, you put the indirect object first. She told him the news.I never told her a thing.When the direct object is a pronoun, you usually put it first. You put to in front of the indirect object. I've never told this to anyone else in my whole life.When you are referring back to information that has already been mentioned, you use so after tell. For example, you say 'I didn't agree with him and I told him so'. Don't say 'I didn't agree with him and I told him it'. She knows that I might be late. I have told her so.'Then how do you know she's well?' 'She told me so.'2. stories, jokes, liesYou say that someone tells a story or a joke. She told me the story of her life.He's extremely funny when he tells a joke.You can also say that someone makes or cracks a joke. See jokeYou say that someone tells a lie. We told a lot of lies.If someone is not lying, you say that they are telling the truth. We knew that he was telling the truth.I wondered why I hadn't told Mary the truth.When you use tell to talk about stories, jokes, or lies, the indirect object can go either after the direct object or in front of it. His friend told me this story.Many hours had passed when Karen finished telling her story to Kim.3. ordersIf you tell someone to do something, you order or instruct them to do it. When tell has this meaning, it is followed by an object and a to-infinitive. Tell Martha to come to my office.They told us to put on our seat-belts.Be Careful! Don't use tell like this without an object. Don't say, for example, 'They told to put on our seat-belts'. 4. recognizing the truthIf you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true. I can usually tell when someone's lying to me.I couldn't tell what they were thinking.When tell has this meaning, you usually use can, could, or be able to with it. 5. 'inform'Inform means the same as tell, but it is more formal, and is used in slightly different ways. You can inform someone of something, or inform someone that something is the case. The public is informed of the financial benefits that are available.It was his duty to inform the king that his country was in danger.In conversation and in less formal writing, you usually use tell. tell Past participle: told Gerund: telling
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I tell | you tell | he/she/it tells | we tell | you tell | they tell |
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I told | you told | he/she/it told | we told | you told | they told |
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I am telling | you are telling | he/she/it is telling | we are telling | you are telling | they are telling |
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I have told | you have told | he/she/it has told | we have told | you have told | they have told |
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I was telling | you were telling | he/she/it was telling | we were telling | you were telling | they were telling |
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I had told | you had told | he/she/it had told | we had told | you had told | they had told |
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I will tell | you will tell | he/she/it will tell | we will tell | you will tell | they will tell |
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I will have told | you will have told | he/she/it will have told | we will have told | you will have told | they will have told |
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I will be telling | you will be telling | he/she/it will be telling | we will be telling | you will be telling | they will be telling |
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I have been telling | you have been telling | he/she/it has been telling | we have been telling | you have been telling | they have been telling |
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I will have been telling | you will have been telling | he/she/it will have been telling | we will have been telling | you will have been telling | they will have been telling |
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I had been telling | you had been telling | he/she/it had been telling | we had been telling | you had been telling | they had been telling |
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I would tell | you would tell | he/she/it would tell | we would tell | you would tell | they would tell |
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I would have told | you would have told | he/she/it would have told | we would have told | you would have told | they would have told | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Tell - a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)William Tell | Verb | 1. | tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"say, statepresent, lay out, represent - bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"misstate - state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position"answer, reply, respond - react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"preface, premise, precede, introduce - furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"announce, declare - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"enunciate, vocalise, vocalize, articulate - express or state clearlysay - state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"get out - express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"declare - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"note, remark, mention, observe - make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"add, append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"explain - define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean"give - convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"sum, summarise, summarize, sum up - be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" | | 2. | tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"digress, divagate, stray, wander - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"disclose, let on, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"talk, spill - reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"publicize, bare, publicise, air - make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare"ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"propagandise, propagandize - subject to propagandaannunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald, announce - foreshadow or presageimpart, pass on, give, leave - transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"brush down, tell off - reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off" | | 3. | tell - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"recount, narrate, reciteinform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"relate - give an account of; "The witness related the events"crack - tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"yarn - tell or spin a yarnrhapsodise, rhapsodize - recite a rhapsody | | 4. | tell - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"order, enjoin, saydirect - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"instruct - give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"command, require - make someone do somethingrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"warn - ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property" | | 5. | tell - discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"guess, infer - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" | | 6. | tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"assureavow, swan, swear, affirm, assert, aver, verify - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" | | 7. | tell - give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"evidenceinform - act as an informer; "She had informed on her own parents for years"make out, discern, tell apart, spot, distinguish, pick out, recognise, recognize - detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" | | 8. | tell - mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell apart, separateknow - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"identify, place - recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the differencelabel - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactionslabel - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atomsex - tell the sex (of young chickens)individualise, individualize - make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work with that of her weakest student"severalise, severalize - distinguish or separatecontradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualitiesdecouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"demarcate - separate clearly, as if by boundariesdiscriminate, single out, separate - treat differently on the basis of sex or racestratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society" |
tellverb1. inform, notify, make aware, say to, state to, warn, reveal to, express to, brief, advise, disclose to, proclaim to, fill in, speak about to, confess to, impart, alert to, divulge, announce to, acquaint with, communicate to, mention to, make known to, apprise, utter to, get off your chest (informal), let know I called her to tell her how spectacular it looked.2. describe, relate, recount, report, portray, depict, chronicle, rehearse, narrate, give an account of He told his story to the Sunday Times.3. instruct, order, command, direct, bid, enjoin She told me to come and help clean the house.4. see, make out, discern, understand, discover, be certain, comprehend It was impossible to tell where the bullet had entered.5. distinguish, discriminate, discern, differentiate, identify I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours.6. talk, tell tales, spill the beans (informal), give the game away, blab (informal), let the cat out of the bag (informal) The children know who they are, but they are not telling.7. reveal, show, indicate, disclose, signify, be evidence of The facts tell a very different story.8. have or take effect, register, weigh, have force, count, take its toll, carry weight, make its presence felt The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps.9. assure, promise, guarantee, swear, give someone your word I tell you, I will not rest until that day has come.tell on someone inform on, shop (Brit. informal), give someone away, denounce, split on (informal), grass on (Brit. informal), sell someone out, stab someone in the back, tell tales on Don't worry; I won't tell on you.tell someone off reprimand, rebuke, scold, lecture, carpet (informal), censure, reproach, berate, chide, tear into (informal), read the riot act, reprove, upbraid, take someone to task, tick someone off (informal), bawl someone out (informal), chew someone out (U.S. & Canad. informal), tear someone off a strip (Brit. informal), give someone a piece of your mind, haul someone over the coals (informal), give someone a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) He never listened to us when we told him off.tell something apart differentiate between, distinguish between, discriminate between, make a distinction between, separate, set apart It is difficult to tell the two products apart.tellverb1. To give a verbal account of:describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report.2. To put into words:articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, talk, utter, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice.Idiom: give tongue to.3. To make known:break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, get across, impart, pass, report, transmit.4. To disclose in a breach of confidence:betray, blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, uncover, unveil.Informal: spill.Archaic: discover.Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all.5. To impart information to:acquaint, advise, apprise, educate, enlighten, inform, notify.6. To give orders to:bid, charge, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order.7. To recognize as being different:differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, know, separate.8. To note (items) one by one so as to get a total:count, enumerate, number, numerate, reckon, tally.phrasal verb tell offInformal. To reprimand loudly or harshly:bawl out, berate, rate.Idioms: give hell to, give it to.Translationstell (tel) – past tense, past participle told (tould) verb1. to inform or give information to (a person) about (something). He told the whole story to John; He told John about it. 告訴 告诉2. to order or command; to suggest or warn. I told him to go away. 吩咐,命令 吩咐,命令 3. to say or express in words. to tell lies / the truth / a story. 講述 讲述4. to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide. Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour. 辨別,斷定 辨别,断定 5. to give away a secret. You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble. 洩密 泄密6. to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results. Good teaching will always tell. 產生效果 产生效果ˈteller noun1. a person who receives or pays out money over the counter at a bank. 出納員 出纳员2. a person who tells (stories). a story-teller. 講故事的人 讲故事的人ˈtelling adjective having a great effect. a telling argument. 有效力的 有效力的ˈtellingly adverb 生動地 生动地ˈtelltale adjective giving information (often which a person would not wish to be known). the telltale signs of guilt. 搬弄是非的 拨弄是非的I told you so I told or warned you that this would happen, had happened etc, and I was right. `I told you so, but you wouldn't believe me. 我曾提醒過 我早告诉过你的,我早说过会这样 tell off to scold: The teacher used to tell me off for not doing my homework ( ˌtelling-ˈoff: He gave me a good telling-off) noun 責備 责备tell on1. to have a bad effect on. Smoking began to tell on his health. 產生(壞的)影響 产生(坏的)影响 2. to give information about (a person, usually if they are doing something wrong). I'm late for work – don't tell on me! 告發某人 告发某人tell tales to give away secret or private information about the (usually wrong) actions of others. You must never tell tales. 撥弄是非,暴露內情 拨弄是非,暴露内情 tell the time to (be able to) know what time it is by looking at a clock etc or by any other means. He can tell the time from the position of the sun; Could you tell me the time, please? 會看鐘點,知道(時間) 会看钟点,知道(时间) there's no telling it is impossible to know. There's no telling what he'll do! 難以預料 难以预料you never can tell it is possible. It might rain – you never can tell. 不可預料 不可预料tell → 吩咐zhCN, 告诉zhCN, 看出zhCN- Please tell me when to get off → 到站时请告诉我好吗?
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tell a large mound resulting from the accumulation of rubbish on a long-settled site, esp one with mudbrick buildings, particularly in the Middle East
Tell William, German name Wilhelm Tell. a legendary Swiss patriot, who, traditionally, lived in the early 14th century and was compelled by an Austrian governor to shoot an apple from his son's head with one shot of his crossbow. He did so without mishap Tell a type of archaeological remain in Middle Asia, the Caucasus, and the Near East. A tell is a hill or mound composed of remains of ancient structures and filled with their cultural strata. LegalSeeTellerTELL
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Tell Related to Tell: William TellSynonyms for Tellverb to give a verbal account ofSynonyms- describe
- narrate
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
verb to put into wordsSynonyms- articulate
- communicate
- convey
- declare
- express
- say
- state
- talk
- utter
- vent
- verbalize
- vocalize
- voice
verb to make knownSynonyms- break
- carry
- communicate
- convey
- disclose
- get across
- impart
- pass
- report
- transmit
verb to disclose in a breach of confidenceSynonyms- betray
- blab
- divulge
- expose
- give away
- let out
- reveal
- uncover
- unveil
- spill
- discover
verb to impart information toSynonyms- acquaint
- advise
- apprise
- educate
- enlighten
- inform
- notify
verb to give orders toSynonyms- bid
- charge
- command
- direct
- enjoin
- instruct
- order
verb to recognize as being differentSynonyms- differentiate
- discern
- discriminate
- distinguish
- know
- separate
verb to note (items) one by one so as to get a totalSynonyms- count
- enumerate
- number
- numerate
- reckon
- tally
phrase tell off: to reprimand loudly or harshlySynonyms |