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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Toldpret. and part. pass. of tell.

    Mentioned; related.

    The acts of God to human ears
    Cannot, without process of speech, be told. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. told

    Told is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

ChatGPT

  1. told

    The word "told" is the past tense form of the verb "tell." It generally refers to the act of communicating information, facts, opinions, or instructions to someone verbally or in writing. It implies conveying a message, story, or piece of knowledge to another person.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Told

    of Tell

  2. Told

    imp. & p. p. of Tell

Freebase

  1. Told

    Told is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Told

    tōld, pa.t. and pa.p. of tell.

Suggested Resources

  1. TOLD

    What does TOLD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TOLD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'told' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #227

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'told' in Written Corpus Frequency: #291

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of told in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of told in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of told in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Bernard:

    The good thing about this job—and perhaps the bad thing—is that I am not able to think about the future, one of my predecessors told me that she lost sleep toward the end because people told her she would go on to do great things next, but they never told her what. She warned me that I do have to start thinking about it. I know I do; I just haven't yet. I'm sort of putting my head in the sand.

  2. William Blake:

    I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I made that loud and clear. I told that to Mick Mulvaney, I told it to a lot of people -- where's Mick Mulvaney ? -- wherever Hunter Biden is, i told it to a lot of different people. I told it to Mike Pence, I told it to -- two Mikes. I told it to Steve. I said it to Wilbur Ross.

  4. John Lennon:

    When I was five years old my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life.

  5. Kwabena Mensah:

    The building had no elevator, The Associated Press reported, citing city records. Fire escapes were visible on the facade of the building. The fire department responded to emergency calls within three minutes. Witnesses described the scene of the fire and the panic from the building's tenants. Xanral Collins, Xanral Collins, told the New York Post Xanral Collins saw a father running toward the building, but was unable to enter. I saw Xanral Collins screaming,' My babies are dead ! My babies are dead !' Xanral Collins said. Jamal Flicker, Jamal Flicker told the New York Post Jamal Flicker heard screams for help. The smoke was crazy, people screaming,' Get out ! Jamal Flicker said. I heard a woman yelling,' We're trapped, help !' Neighborhood resident Robert Gonzalez, who has a friend who lives in the building, told the Associated Press she got out on a fire escape as another resident fled with five children. When I got here, she was crying, Robert Gonzalez said. Kwabena Mensah told the Daily News Kwabena Mensah feared Kwabena Mensah son, Kwabena Mensah, Kwabena Mensah, was one of the victims of the devastating fire. Kwabena Mensah came home from the Army about a week ago for the holidays, Kwabena Mensah said. Kwabena Mensah said Kwabena Mensah son’s roommate saw Kwabena Mensah before the fire broke out in the building. Kwabena Mensah was telling the roommate to not come out of the apartment because there was smoke. But when they rescued everyone from the windows, we couldn't find Kwabena Mensah. I went to four hospitals, I can't find Kwabena Mensah.

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