tell1 tel/Submit verb verb: tell; 3rd person present: tells; past tense: told; past participle: told; gerund or present participle: telling 1. communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words. I told her you were coming synonyms: inform, notify, apprise, let know, make aware, acquaint with, advise, put in the picture, brief, fill in; More order, instruct, or advise (someone) to do something. tell him to go away synonyms: instruct, order, command, direct, charge, enjoin, call on, require; literarybid she told him to leave narrate or relate (a tale or story). reveal (information) to someone in a nonverbal way. the figures tell a different story synonyms: reveal, show, indicate, be evidence of, disclose, convey, signify the figures tell a different story divulge confidential or private information. promise you wont tell synonyms: give the game away, talk, tell tales, tattle; More informal inform someone of the misdemeanors of. friends dont tell on each other synonyms: inform on, tell tales on, give away, denounce, sell out; More 2. decide or determine correctly or with certainty. you can tell theyre in love synonyms: ascertain, determine, work out, make out, deduce, discern, perceive, see, identify, recognize, understand, comprehend; More distinguish (one person or thing) from another; perceive (the difference) between one person or thing and another. I cant tell the difference between margarine and butter synonyms: distinguish, differentiate, discriminate he couldnt tell one from the other 3. (of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone. the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him synonyms: take its toll, leave its mark; affect the strain began to tell on him (of a particular factor) play a part in the success or otherwise of someone or something. lack of fitness told against him on his first run of the season 4. archaic count (the members of a series or group). the shepherd had told all his sheep noun noun: tell; plural noun: tells 1. (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception. Origin Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate,’ of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count,’ erzählen ‘recount, relate,’ also to tale. tell2 tel/Submit nounARCHAEOLOGY noun: tell; plural noun: tells (in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements. Origin mid 19th century: from Arabic tall ‘hillock.’
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