- declared
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- issued
- released
- reported
- broadcast
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- divulged
- publicized
- revealed
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- interpreted
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- fabulous
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- allegorical
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- created
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- handed-down
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- lingual
- sonant
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- word-of-mouth
- advised
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- informed
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On this page you’ll find 223 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to told, such as: declared, disclosed, issued, released, reported, and broadcast.
- factual
- infamous
- real
- true
- unimportant
- hidden
- ambiguous
- concealed
- unclear
- vague
- obscure
- infinite
- unlimited
- unnumbered
- printed
- written
- heard
- written
- suppressed
- heard
- written
- unfixed
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How to use told in a sentence
Another crash, which nearly shut up his spine like a telescope, told him that there were no wings.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
THE PASTOR’S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
But she told Grandfather Mole that it was all right—that she knew a person of his age ought not to go without his breakfast.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
I finally mustered up my courage and said «Ich,» but told him I did not know it perfectly yet.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO TOLD
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- circulated
- communicated
- declared
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- disclosed
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- issued
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- interpreted
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- allegorical
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- mythical
- mythological
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- unreal
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- apparent
- big as life
- bold
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- crystal clear
- disclosed
- distinct
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- evidenced
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- patent
- plain
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- shown
- straightforward
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- brought up
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- considered
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- named
- quoted
- referred to
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- specified
- spoken of
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- categorized
- checked
- contained
- counted
- designated
- doomed
- enumerated
- fated
- fixed
- included
- indicated
- marked
- specified
- told
- totalled
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shared
he shared a story with us.
she shared an experience on her recent trip.
the professor shared several solution to the geometry problem.Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.3 / 3 votes
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List of paraphrases for «told»:
said, informed, stated, talked, reported, declared, spoke, say, advised, tell, warned
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TOLD
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Mark Twain:
The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
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Craig Greenberg:
From what I have been told from an official at the bank, that is not accurate.
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Natasha Smith:
Now I feel I can’t let him out on his own because due to his ASD [Autism Spectrum Disorder] he is very vulnerable, and this has been happened and he hasn’t even told me about it. I just feel I wouldn’t be able to let him out because it could happen again and he probably wouldn’t mention it.
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Bhavya Reddy:
Once he started to recover( from Covid) his face started to swell, when the swelling did not reduce,( doctors) told us to get the injection.
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Rachel Morrison:
I’m not sure how much he understood but he told me he liked it, his first question was whether his best buddy, Indy, would be able to see him on TV.
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ПРОИЗНОШЕНИЕ СЛОВА TOLD
ГРАММАТИЧЕСКАЯ КАТЕГОРИЯ СЛОВА TOLD
ЧТО ОЗНАЧАЕТ СЛОВО TOLD
Нажмите, чтобы посмотреть исходное определение слова «told» в словаре английский языка.
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Сказал (деревня)
Told (village)
Сказал, что это деревня в округе Хайду-Бихар, в северной части Великой равнины восточной Венгрии. Told is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
СПРЯЖЕНИЕ ГЛАГОЛА TOLD
PRESENT
Present
I tell
you tell
he/she/it tells
we tell
you tell
they tell
Present continuous
I am telling
you are telling
he/she/it is telling
we are telling
you are telling
they are telling
Present perfect
I have told
you have told
he/she/it has told
we have told
you have told
they have told
Present perfect continuous
I have been telling
you have been telling
he/she/it has been telling
we have been telling
you have been telling
they have been telling
PAST
Past
I told
you told
he/she/it told
we told
you told
they told
Past continuous
I was telling
you were telling
he/she/it was telling
we were telling
you were telling
they were telling
Past perfect
I had told
you had told
he/she/it had told
we had told
you had told
they had told
Past perfect continuous
I had been telling
you had been telling
he/she/it had been telling
we had been telling
you had been telling
they had been telling
FUTURE
Future
I will tell
you will tell
he/she/it will tell
we will tell
you will tell
they will tell
Future continuous
I will be telling
you will be telling
he/she/it will be telling
we will be telling
you will be telling
they will be telling
Future perfect
I will have told
you will have told
he/she/it will have told
we will have told
you will have told
they will have told
Future perfect continuous
I will have been telling
you will have been telling
he/she/it will have been telling
we will have been telling
you will have been telling
they will have been telling
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would told
you would told
he/she/it would told
we would told
you would told
they would told
Conditional continuous
I would be telling
you would be telling
he/she/it would be telling
we would be telling
you would be telling
they would be telling
Conditional perfect
I would have told
you would have told
he/she/it would have told
we would have told
you would have told
they would have told
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been telling
you would have been telling
he/she/it would have been telling
we would have been telling
you would have been telling
they would have been telling
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you tell
we let´s tell
you tell
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
telling
СЛОВА, РИФМУЮЩИЕСЯ СО СЛОВОМ TOLD
Синонимы и антонимы слова told в словаре английский языка
СИНОНИМЫ СЛОВА «TOLD»
Указанные слова имеют то же или сходное значение, что у слова «told», и относятся к той же грамматической категории.
Перевод слова «told» на 25 языков

ПЕРЕВОД СЛОВА TOLD
Посмотрите перевод слова told на 25 языков с помощью нашего многоязыкового переводчика c английский языка.
Переводы слова told с английский языка на другие языки, представленные в этом разделе, были выполнены с помощью автоматического перевода, в котором главным элементом перевода является слово «told» на английский языке.
Переводчик с английский языка на китайский язык
告诉
1,325 миллионов дикторов
Переводчик с английский языка на испанский язык
dicho
570 миллионов дикторов
английский
told
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Переводчик с английский языка на хинди язык
बताया
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Переводчик с английский языка на арабский язык
قال
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Переводчик с английский языка на русский язык
сказал
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Переводчик с английский языка на португальский язык
disse
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Переводчик с английский языка на бенгальский язык
বলা
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Переводчик с английский языка на французский язык
dit
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Переводчик с английский языка на малайский язык
Memberitahu
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Переводчик с английский языка на немецкий язык
sagte
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Переводчик с английский языка на японский язык
話し
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Переводчик с английский языка на корейский язык
이야기
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Переводчик с английский языка на яванский язык
ngomong
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Переводчик с английский языка на вьетнамский язык
nói
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Переводчик с английский языка на тамильский язык
கூறினார்
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Переводчик с английский языка на маратхи язык
सांगितले
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Переводчик с английский языка на турецкий язык
söyledi
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Переводчик с английский языка на итальянский язык
detto
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Переводчик с английский языка на польский язык
powiedział
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Переводчик с английский языка на украинский язык
сказав
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Переводчик с английский языка на румынский язык
a spus
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Переводчик с английский языка на греческий язык
είπε
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Переводчик с английский языка на африкаанс язык
vertel
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Переводчик с английский языка на шведский язык
sa
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Переводчик с английский языка на норвежский язык
fortalte
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Тенденции использования слова told
ТЕНДЕНЦИИ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ТЕРМИНА «TOLD»

ЧАСТОТНОСТЬ
Слово используется очень часто
На показанной выше карте показана частотность использования термина «told» в разных странах.
Тенденции основных поисковых запросов и примеры использования слова told
Список основных поисковых запросов, которые пользователи ввели для доступа к нашему онлайн-словарю английский языка и наиболее часто используемые выражения со словом «told».
ЧАСТОТА ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ТЕРМИНА «TOLD» С ТЕЧЕНИЕМ ВРЕМЕНИ
На графике показано годовое изменение частотности использования слова «told» за последние 500 лет. Формирование графика основано на анализе того, насколько часто термин «told» появляется в оцифрованных печатных источниках на английский языке, начиная с 1500 года до настоящего времени.
Примеры использования в литературе на английский языке, цитаты и новости о слове told
ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «TOLD»
Известные цитаты и высказывания со словом told.
I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, ‘Why are we doing this? Why don’t the Hawaiians have control?’ ‘Well, we have no mechanism to do it,’ I was told.
‘Queen of Hearts’ is one I’m really proud of because I worked so hard on it, and then I was told it wasn’t good enough to be included on an Allman Brothers album. That directly led me to go into the studio and cut ‘Laid Back,’ my first solo release. So ‘Queen of Hearts’ is special to me.
I was focused on building things from an early age. When I was about 3, our toilet broke, and my mother was ready to call the plumber. I told her I would fix it and asked her to get my Richard Scarry book ‘How Things Work in Busytown.’ Between the picture of a toilet and the text she read to me explaining how the parts worked, I fixed it.
I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.
A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
People love to be told stories, but it’s the sugar that draws you into the theater.
I told them, you can succeed — it’s not likely the first time, maybe 25 per cent, but you CAN succeed. You can also die. By April 16 they had already been to camp III, well ahead of most teams.
I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
I tried to get a job as a TV cameraman and they basically told me, ‘You’re mad, everyone wants these jobs — and if you go to England, you’re doubly mad.’ But I worked in abattoirs for 10 months to earn my money, then left for London. I didn’t even know what a director did.
Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or not I made it in the business. My wife was always there for my successes and failures.
КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «TOLD»
Поиск случаев использования слова told в следующих библиографических источниках. Книги, относящиеся к слову told, и краткие выдержки из этих книг для получения представления о контексте использования этого слова в литературе на английский языке.
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History …
Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
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Folktales Told Around the World
Collects folktales that have been taken back to their original oral telling from around the globe.
Richard Mercer Dorson, 1978
3
Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me
Friends, family, co-workers—they’ve all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they’ve lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.
Friends Chelsea’s Family, and Other Victims, 2011
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I Was Told There’d Be Cake
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays from Sloane Crosley is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory.
Social services stepped in again, but this time they made things much, much worse . . . If Only I Had Told is Esther’s personal and very brave memoir that tells the truth about Orkney’s 1991 satanic sex scandal.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Tale of the Greatest Life …
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
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The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
For a long time after you have seen it, you are likely to believe this must be the most wonderful play in the world.
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A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
A bestseller and major prizewinner in Italy, A Fortune-Teller Told Me is a powerful warning against the new missionaries of materialism. From the Hardcover edition.
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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained
With its zest for the truth, this book will help cooks learn how to make more intelligent choices.»—?Publishers Weekly?
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Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project
General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. As the ranking military
General Leslie R. Groves, 2009
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «TOLD»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин told в контексте приведенных ниже новостных статей.
We told the king we had HIV
Once Choden had gone outside, the counsellor told Dorje, «The HIV is very active in your body and also your wife’s.» Dorje looks pale, the shock visible as he … «BBC News, Июл 15»
Greece disqualified from new IMF bailout, board told
The International Monetary Fund’s board has been told Athens’ high debt levels and poor record of implementing reforms disqualify Greece from a third IMF … «Financial Times, Июл 15»
David Sweat’s secrets: 5 things escaped prisoner told law enforcement
David Sweat told investigators he separated from fellow escapee Richard Matt five days before Sweat was captured. He said Matt was slowing him down … «CNN, Июл 15»
6 Things I Wish I Had Never Told My Children
My oldest son just graduated high school and is now embarking on the next leg of his journey that will bring him closer to real life. I have come to realize that … «Huffington Post, Июл 15»
UD told to improve student diversity now
But some lawmakers and civil rights leaders say the school still has a long way to go – especially when it comes to African Americans. The General Assembly … «The News Journal, Июл 15»
Bureaucrats told to provide Rob Nicholson 3 terrorism-related …
Foreign Affairs bureaucrats were told this spring to produce three terrorism-related statements for minister Rob Nicholson to make to the media each week, … «CBC.ca, Июл 15»
Royals told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime
Royals told: open archives on family ties to Nazi regime. Historian urges that secret correspondence be made public to reveal the truth after Queen’s Nazi salute … «The Guardian, Июл 15»
Ontario couple outraged after 8-year-old daughter told to cover up at …
GUELPH, Ont. – A Fergus, Ont. couple is outraged with the city after a lifeguard told their eight-year-old daughter to cover up at a public park wading pool over … «Globalnews.ca, Июн 15»
Dylann Roof ‘Almost Didn’t Go Through’ With Charleston Church …
Roof told police that he «almost didn’t go through with it because everyone was so nice to him,» sources told NBC News — but he decided he had to «go through … «NBCNews.com, Июн 15»
Song Premiere: Adult Mom, ‘Told Ya So’
Adult Mom’s Steph Knipe says «Told Ya So» is a «happy queer» song, as «it’s a song that acts as a space of self-validation.» Adult Mom’s music deals deeply and … «NPR, Июн 15»
ССЫЛКИ
« EDUCALINGO. Told [онлайн]. Доступно на <https://educalingo.com/ru/dic-en/told>. Май 2023 ».
глагол:
сказать (say, tell, observe)
говорить (say, speak, tell, talk, refer, have)
рассказывать (tell, relate, narrate, recount, report, recite)
сообщать (inform, report, communicate, tell, announce, advise)
указывать (indicate, specify, point, point out, show, tell)
отличать (differ, distinguish, differentiate, difference, discern, discriminate)
показывать (show, display, indicate, reveal, exhibit, present)
приказывать (order, command, tell, enjoin, direct, require)
доносить (inform, denounce, report, waft, tell, snitch)
уверять (assure, convince, tell, reassure, persuade, protest)
свидетельствовать (testify, witness, evidence, attest, bear witness to, point)
выдавать (issue, extradite, betray, give, produce, distribute)
считать (find, think, consider, count, feel, reckon)
заверять (assure, certify, pledge, reassure, witness, tell)
пересчитывать (recalculate, count, tell, recast, tell over, number)
выбалтывать (let out, tell, outbabble, babble)
делать сообщение (tell)
выделяться (stand out, excel, segregate, exude, set off, show up)
подсчитывать (count, calculate, tally, compute, tally up, reckon)
различать (distinguish, differ, discern, differentiate, discriminate, perceive)
отзываться (respond, speak, react, smack, relish, report)
Англо-русский синонимический словарь.
2014.
vb
1 acquaint, announce, apprise, communicate, confess, disclose, divulge, express, get off one’s chest (informal) impart, inform, let know, make known, mention, notify, proclaim, reveal, say, speak, state, utter
2 authorize, bid, call upon, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order, require, summon
3 chronicle, depict, describe, give an account of, narrate, portray, recount, rehearse, relate, report
4 comprehend, discern, discover, make out, see, understand
5 differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, identify
6 carry weight, count, have or take effect, have force, make its presence felt, register, take its toll, weigh
7 calculate, compute, count, enumerate, number, reckon, tally
tell off
bawl out (informal) berate, carpet (informal) censure, chew out (U.S. & Canad. informal) chide, give (someone) a piece of one’s mind, give (someone) a rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal) haul over the coals (informal) lecture, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear into (informal) tear (someone) off a strip (Brit. informal) tick off (informal) upbraid
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
tell
( tells 3rd person present) ( telling present participle) ( told past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you tell someone something, you give them information.
In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over… V n that
I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked… V n wh
Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth… V n n
I only told the truth to the press when the single was released as it seemed the perfect time to do it… V n to n
Tell us about your moment on the summit… V n about n
Her voice breaking with emotion, she told him: `It doesn’t seem fair’. V with quote
2 verb If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech.
His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke… V n
He told his story to The Sunday Times and produced photographs… V n to n
Will you tell me a story? V n n
3 verb If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it.
A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction… V n to-inf
4 verb If you tellyourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something.
`Come on’, she told herself… V pron-refl with quote
I told myself I would be satisfied with whatever I could get. V pron-refl that
5 verb If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true.
no cont, oft with brd-neg
It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered… V wh
You can tell he’s joking. V that
6 verb If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things.
no cont, oft with brd-neg
I can’t really tell the difference between their policies and ours… V n between pl-n
How do you tell one from another?… V n from n
I had to look twice to tell which was Martinez; they all looked alike. V wh
7 verb If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret.
INFORMAL Many of the children know who they are but are not telling. V
8 verb If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech.
The facts tell us that this is not true… V n that
I don’t think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future… V n amount
The evidence of our eyes tells us a different story… V n n
While most of us feel fairly complacent about the nutrients we’re getting from our diets, the facts tell a very different story. V n
9 verb If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect.
The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps… V
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telling
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kiss and tell
11 You use as far as I can tell or so far as I could tell to indicate that what you are saying is based on the information you have, but that there may be things you do not know.
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as far as one can tell/so far as one can tell phrase
(vagueness)
As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy…
12 You can say `I tell you’, `I can tell you’, or `I can’t tell you’ to add emphasis to what you are saying.
INFORMAL
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I tell you/I can tell you/I can’t tell you convention
(emphasis)
I tell you this, I will not rest until that day has come…, This little letter gave us a few chuckles, I can tell you…
13 If you say `You never can tell’, you mean that the future is always uncertain and it is never possible to know exactly what will happen.
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you never can tell convention
You never can tell what life is going to bring you.
14 If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say `I told you so’.
INFORMAL
♦
I told you so convention
Her parents did not approve of her decision and, if she failed, her mother would say, `I told you so.’
15 You use I’ll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation.
SPOKEN
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I’ll tell you what/I tell you what convention
I tell you what, I’ll bring the water in a separate glass.
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to tell the time
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time
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time will tell
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time tell apart phrasal verb If you can tell people or things apart, you are able to recognize the differences between them and can therefore identify each of them.
Perhaps it is the almost universal use of flavourings that makes it so hard to tell the products apart. V n P tell off phrasal verb If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong.
He never listened to us when we told him off… V n P
I’m always being told off for being so awkward… V n P for n/-ing
Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11. V P n (not pron) tell on phrasal verb If you tell on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong.
INFORMAL Never mind, I won’t tell on you… V P n
I’ll tell my mummy on you. V n P n
kiss-and-tell
If someone who has had a love affair with a famous person tells the story of that affair in public, for example in a newspaper or book, you can refer to this as a kiss-and-tell story. adj ADJ n
…intimate photographs and kiss-and-tell revelations.
tell-tale , telltale
Something that is described as telltale gives away information, often about something bad that would otherwise not be noticed. adj ADJ n
Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
Collaborative Dictionary English Thesaurus
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initiative |
n. |
ability to make decisions and take action without waiting for someone to tell you what to do |
I showed my initiative when I became a group leader in class. |
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Your guess is as good as mine |
exp. |
used to tell someone that you do not know any more about a subject than they do |
Ex: Jill: ‘How long should we bake this pie?’ Jane: ‘Your guess is as good as mine’. |
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