Tell Meaning and Definition

Word: Tell

How to pronounce: tel

Verb

Definitions:

1. Communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words.

Example sentences: "I told her you were coming"

2. Decide or determine correctly or with certainty.

Example sentences: "You can tell they're in love"

3. Count (the members of a series or group)

Example sentences: "The shepherd had told all his sheep"

Noun

Definitions:

1. (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

Example sentences: "But I think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those."

Noun

Definitions:

1. (in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.

Example sentences: "He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city."

Synonyms:

inform

communicate

convey

advise

apprise

notify

narrate

recount

rehearse

count

report

say

describe

speak

assure

utter

verbalize

vocalize

articulate

relate

refer

talk

state

indicate

instruct

specify

enjoin

mean

direct

signify

denote

let on

point

bid

order

expose

divulge

disclose

uncover

discover

have an effect

familiarize

influence

impact

recite

enumerate

distinguish

differentiate

split

brief

spill

evidence

clue

bespeak

snitch

Antonyms:

silent

obey

abide

Derivations:

telling

teller

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Tell in Other Languages...

Spanish: Decir

German: Sagen

French: Dire

Italian: Dire

Turkish: Söylemek