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Definition of 'Tell'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) tell
to narrate or relate (a story, tale, etc.).

2.  tell
to make known (a fact, news, information, etc.); communicate.

3.  tell
to announce or proclaim.

4.  tell
to utter (the truth, a lie, etc.); speak.

5.  tell
to express in words (thoughts, feelings, etc.).

6.  tell
to reveal or divulge (something secret or private).

7.  tell
to say positively:
I can't tell just when I'll be done.

8.  tell
to discern or recognize; identify:
to tell twins apart.

9.  tell
to inform (a person) of something:
He told me his name.

10.  tell
to order or command:
Tell her to stop.

11.  tell
to enumerate; count.

12. (v.i.) tell
to give an account or report.

13.  tell
to give evidence; be an indication.

14.  tell
to disclose something secret or private:
Will you hate me if I tell?

15.  tell
to say positively; determine or predict:
It may be the same shade, but I can't tell.

16.  tell
to produce a marked effect.

17.  tell
tell off,

18.  tell
to rebuke severely; scold.

19.  tell
tell on, to tattle on.

20. (n.) tell
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).

21. (n.) Tell
William,

Definition of 'Tell'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) Tell, William 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)

2. (verb) state, say, tell
express in words
"He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

3. (verb) tell
let something be known
"Tell them that you will be late"

4. (verb) tell, narrate, recount, recite
narrate or give a detailed account of
"Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

5. (verb) order, tell, enjoin, say
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"

6. (verb) tell
discern or comprehend
"He could tell that she was unhappy"

7. (verb) assure, tell
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
"I tell you that man is a crook!"

8. (verb) tell, evidence
give evidence
"he was telling on all his former colleague"

9. (verb) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"

Definition of 'Tell'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) tell
to give information to sb by speaking to them
Have you told her the truth yet?; Tell me how much money you need.; I told them (that) I was happy.; I won't tell anyone else about it.

2.  tell
to reveal information or indicate sth
Her scores tell us she's an above average student.; Dark skies told us a storm was coming.

3.  tell
to say the words of a story or joke
Mom always tells us a story at bedtime.

4.  tell
to give an instruction or order
Do what your mother tells you.; Don't tell me what to do.

5.  tell
to be able to recognize or identify sth
I could tell she was about to cry.; To me it's impossible to tell one impressionist artist from another.; How do you tell which twin is Joe and which is Dan?

6.  tell
to affect sb or sth
The years in the mines were beginning to tell.

7.  tell
I told you (so)
used to say that what you told sb before was correct
I told you, it's tomorrow, not today.

8.  tell
tell you what
indicates you have a suggestion to make
Tell you what, let's get some ice cream instead.

9.  tell
something tells me
indicates you suspect that sth is true or is going to happen
Something tells me we'll never get that money back.

10.  tell
tell me about it
indicates you are also experiencing sth bad sb has just mentioned
"I have way too much work to do." "Tell me about it."

11.  tell
tell time
to be able to understand what a clock or watch shows
They're learning to tell time.

12.  tell
tell the time
tell time

Definition of 'Tell'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Tell
that which is told; tale; account

2. (noun) Tell
a hill or mound

3. (verb) Tell
to mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money

4. (verb) Tell
to utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate

5. (verb) Tell
to make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge

6. (verb) Tell
to give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform

7. (verb) Tell
to order; to request; to command

8. (verb) Tell
to discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins

9. (verb) Tell
to make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate

10. (verb) Tell
to give an account; to make report

11. (verb) Tell
to take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells

Definitions of 'Tell'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Tell
a fertile strip of land of 47 m. of average breadth in North-West Africa, between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea; produces cereals, wine, &c.

Translation of 'Tell'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to inform or give information to (a person) about (something) He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.
Afrikaans: vertel	Arabic: يُخْبِر	Bulgarian: съобщавам
Brazilian: dizer	Czech: vyprávět	German: erzählen
Danish: fortælle	Greek: λέω, πληροφορώ	Spanish: contar
Estonian: ütlema	Farsi: شرح دادن؛ آگاه کردن	Finnish: kertoa
French: raconter	Hebrew: לְסַפֵּר	Hindi: बताना
Croatian: reći, pripovjedati	Hungarian: (el)mond	Indonesian: menceritakan
Icelandic: segja/greina (frá)	Italian: dire, raccontare	Japanese: 話す
Korean: 알리다	Lithuanian: papasakoti, pasakyti	Latvian: []stāstīt; []teikt
Malay: memberitahu	Dutch: vertellen	Norwegian: fortelle, si, meddele
Polish: powiedzieć	Portuguese: dizer	Romanian: a povesti; a spune
Russian: рассказывать	Slovak: povedať	Slovenian: povedati
Serbian: reći	Swedish: tala om, berätta	Thai: บอก
Turkish: söylemek	Taiwanese: 告訴	Ukrainian: розповідати; сказати
Urdu: بتانا	Vietnamese: kể, cho biết	Chinese: 告诉
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