Tell (Verb)
Meaning 1
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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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Reply
- Give
- Explain
- Summarize
- Answer
- Add
- Preface
- Get Out
- Misstate
- Articulate
- Observe
- Summarise
- Represent
- Announce
- Remark
- Introduce
- Enunciate
- Sum Up
- Precede
- Vocalise
- Append
- Present
- Declare
- Note
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Meaning 2
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 5
Inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
Give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 7
Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 8
Let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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- Pass On
- Publicise
- Reveal
- Air
- Betoken
- Divulge
- Ingeminate
- Annunciate
- Bring Out
- Iterate
- Discover
- Point
- Disclose
- Bare
- Reiterate
- Divagate
- Give Away
- Retell
- Let Out
- Indicate
- Give
- Wander
- Restate
- Signal
- Propagandise
- Foretell
- Expose
- Harbinger
- Let On
- Break
- Leave
- Uncover
- Talk
- Stray
- Herald