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Tell
tɛl
Tell definitions
verb
told
tell
telling
tells
- communicate information to someone in spoken or written words
"I told her you were coming"
inform let know notify apprise make aware mention something to acquaint with advise put in the picture brief fill in break the news to speak utter say voice state declare- order or advise someone to do something
"tell him to go away"
- relate (a story)
"he tried to make the children laugh by telling jokes"
- reveal (information) to someone in a non-verbal way
"the figures tell a different story"
- divulge confidential or private information
"promise you won't tell"
- decide or determine correctly or with certainty
"you can tell they're in love"
ascertain decide determine work out make out deduce discern perceive see identify recognize understand comprehend- perceive (the difference between one person or thing and another)
"I can't tell the difference between margarine and butter"
- count (the members of a group)
"the shepherd had told all his sheep"
calculation enumeration computation reckoning counting telling tally tallying totting up keep a tally of keep a count of keep a record of
noun
tell
tells
- (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception