TELL
\tˈɛl], \tˈɛl], \t_ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of TELL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
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express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
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let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
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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"
By Princeton University
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mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
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give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
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express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
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discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
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let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
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To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
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To order; to request; to command.
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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.
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To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
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To give an account; to make report.
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To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
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That which is told; tale; account.
By Oddity Software
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
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To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
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To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
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To order; to request; to command.
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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.
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To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
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To give an account; to make report.
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To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
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That which is told; tale; account.
By Noah Webster.
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To count; to mention one by one; as, to tell one's beads; to disclose; to relate; to inform; to express or make known by words; narrate; explain; decide; as, I cannot tell what is best to do; order; confess; recognize; as, I cannot tell who she is at this distance.
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To give an account; report; play the informer; take effect.
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Told.
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Telling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To number or give an account of: to utter: to narrate: to disclose: to inform: to discern: to explain.
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To give an account: to produce or take effect:-pa.t. and pa.p. told.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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