Definitions for 'tell':
Below, we have different definitions or meanings of the word tell. These different definitions are grouped based on the different parts of speech. You will also find examples for every definition if available
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /tɛl/
US: /tɛl/
Definition 1
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
Definition 2
That which is told; a tale or account.
Definition 3
A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
Verb: Verbs are action words that describe actions or states.
UK: /tɛl/
US: /tɛl/
Definition 1
(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.
Definition 2
To narrate.
I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story.
Definition 3
To convey by speech; to say.
Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies.
Definition 4
To instruct or inform.
Please tell me how to do it.
Definition 5
To order; to direct, to say to someone.
Tell him to go away.
Definition 6
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell.
Definition 7
To reveal.
Time will tell what became of him.
Definition 8
To be revealed.
Definition 9
To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
Definition 10
To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
Definition 11
To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!
Definition 12
(authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
Noun: Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, or ideas.
UK: /tɛl/
US: /tɛl/
Definition 1
A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms: count, number, grass up, snitch, tattle, narrate, recount, relate, disclose, make known, advise, apprise
Antonyms: ask
