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tell1 /tel/ transitive verb (pat and pap tōld, (Scot) teld, tell'd or telt)- To utter, to express in words
- To narrate
- To disclose or make known
- To inform
- To discern or distinguish (with from)
- To explain
- To order, direct, instruct
- To assure
- To count (votes)
- To count out (archaic)
- To bid (goodbye; US)
intransitive verb- To give an account (with of)
- To have an effect (with on)
- To have weight
- To make an effective story
- To give an indication, be evidence (with of)
- To give away secrets
- To play the informer
- To know definitely
- To have an influence or be evidence (with against)
noun (esp in card games) an unconscious tic or other physical betrayal of one's thoughts or intentions ORIGIN: OE tellan; ON telja, Ger zählen to number tellˈable adjective - Capable of being told
- Fit to tell
tellˈer noun - A person who tells or narrates
- A person who counts votes
- A clerk whose duty it is to receive and pay money, esp in a bank
- An automatic cash dispenser (chiefly N American)
- One of the strokes made by a church bell ringing a funeral knell (also, esp dialect, tailor)
tellˈership noun tellˈing adjective - Effective
- Significant, meaningful
noun- Numbering
- Narration
- Instruction, orders
tellˈingly adverb telling-offˈ noun A reprimand tellˈtale noun - A person who reports the private concerns or misdeeds of others
- A tattler (bird)
- Anything revealing or betraying
- Any of several indicators or monitors
- A recording clock
- A strip of material outside the playing area at the foot of the front wall of a squash court, which makes a distinctive sound when hit
- One of the lengths of wool sewn or tied on a yacht's sail to indicate airflow (nautical)
adjective - Blabbing
- Revealing, betraying
- Indicating
as far as one can tell Judging from information available so far I tell you or I'm telling you I assure you, I insist take a telling To do as one is asked without having to be told again tell apart To distinguish between tell a tale To be revealing tell me about it! (informal) I know exactly what you mean tell me another (informal) Used to express disbelief tell off - To reprimand (informal)
- To count off and detach on some special duty
tell on (informal) To betray, inform on or give away secrets about tell the time To read the time on a clock or watch there's no telling One cannot possibly know or predict you're telling me ( interjection ; informal) I know that only too well |