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Synonyms for tell
tɛltell
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
tell
To announce is to give intelligence of in some formal or public way. We may announce that which has occurred or that which is to occur, tho the word is chiefly used in the anticipative sense; we announce a book when it is in press, a guest when he arrives. We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace. We propound a question or an argument, promulgate the views of a sect or party, or the decision of a court, etc. We report an interview, reveal a secret, herald the coming of some distinguished person or great event. Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.
Synonyms:
advertise, announce, circulate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give notice (of), give out, herald, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, say, spread abroad, stateAntonyms:
bury, conceal, cover (up), hide, hush, keep back, keep secret, secrete, suppress, withholdPreposition:
The event was announced to the family by telegraph.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tell
Synonyms:
mention, number, enumerate, count, recount, utter, recite, state, narrate, disclose, publish, betray, divulge, promulgate, acquaint, teach, inform, explain, communicate, report, rehearse, discern, judge, discriminate, ascertain, decide, describeAntonyms:
repress, suppress, misrecount, misnarrate, miscommunicate, misdeclare, misrecite, misjudge, misdescribe
Princeton's WordNet
Tell, William Tellverb
a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
state, say, tellverb
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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enunciate, express, sound out, aver, recite, enounce, distinguish, recount, secern, state, say, narrate, evidence, suppose, submit, articulate, assure, put forward, posit, severalise, separate, pronounce, enjoin, severalize, secernate, allege, read, tell apart, differentiate, tell, ordertellverb
let something be known
"Tell them that you will be late"
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distinguish, recite, differentiate, say, recount, state, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, ordertell, narrate, recount, reciteverb
narrate or give a detailed account of
"Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
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distinguish, recite, itemise, differentiate, say, recount, tell, state, narrate, evidence, retell, assure, itemize, severalise, declaim, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order, enumerateorder, tell, enjoin, sayverb
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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tell apart, distinguish, dictate, suppose, place, ordain, put, differentiate, read, pronounce, range, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, evidence, tell, regulate, state, assure, say, govern, severalize, arrange, separate, regularize, severalise, ordinate, regularise, grade, aver, articulate, secern, set up, allege, rank, consecrate, rate, recite, narrate, recount, sound out, prescribe, order, secernatetellverb
discern or comprehend
"He could tell that she was unhappy"
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distinguish, recite, differentiate, say, recount, state, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, orderassure, tellverb
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
"I tell you that man is a crook!"
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tell apart, ensure, reassure, state, say, severalize, recount, control, narrate, promise, enjoin, check, guarantee, secern, differentiate, severalise, separate, recite, ascertain, assure, secernate, see to it, distinguish, insure, tell, order, evidence, secure, seetell, evidenceverb
give evidence
"he was telling on all his former colleague"
Synonyms:
distinguish, demonstrate, recite, certify, differentiate, testify, say, recount, prove, tell, state, bear witness, narrate, evidence, assure, severalise, enjoin, severalize, secernate, secern, tell apart, separate, order, manifest, show, attestdistinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartverb
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Synonyms:
tell apart, distinguish, classify, discriminate, spot, mark, differentiate, sort, signalise, enjoin, split up, key out, evidence, tell, break up, divide, come apart, single out, part, state, pick out, order, carve up, key, severalize, split, assure, speciate, separate, fall apart, severalise, furcate, dissever, signalize, assort, specialize, recount, class, identify, make out, specialise, branch, discern, secern, recognize, recite, name, disunite, recognise, narrate, describe, break, sort out, ramify, fork, discover, secernate, say
Dictionary of English Synonymes
tellverb
Synonyms:
express, utter, speak, state, mention, communicate, publish, speak of, make mention oftellverb
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relate, recount, rehearse, narrate, describe, report, give an account oftellverb
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inform, teach, instruct, acquaint, apprise, make known to, explain to, disclose to, communicate to, make known totellverb
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disclose, reveal, divulge, confess, betray, acknowledge, own, declare, make knowntellverb
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number, count, enumerate, compute, reckon, take an account of, run over, sum up, call overtellverb
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discern, discover, make out, distinguishtellverb
Synonyms:
give account, make reporttellverb
Synonyms:
take effect, be effective, hit the nail on the head
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How to use tell in a sentence?
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
The public comments, because they were widely broadcast, were ones that were apparent to the senior leadership team of the FBI, if I didn't tell the senior leadership team of the FBI about my conversation with President Trump, they wouldn't otherwise know and couldn't help me figure out what to do with what was potential obstruction of justice.
If you want a president who will tell you everything that is wrong with America and who is to blame for it, you've got plenty of other choices. And my goodness, didn't we hear enough of that the other night at the Republican debate, but if you want a president who will listen to you, work her heart out to make your life better, and together to build a stronger, fairer, better country, then you are looking at her.
Honesty is being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.
In reality, these sources tell Rolling Stone, Zucker became romantically entangled with Gollust back in 1996, when she was a trainee in NBC’s corporate communications group and he was the married executive producer of ‘The Today Show,’.
Translations for tell
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- أخبرArabic
- explicar, dirCatalan, Valencian
- říciCzech
- erzählen, sagenGerman
- καταλαβαίνω, λέωGreek
- decir, contarSpanish
- käskeä, kertoa, määrätäFinnish
- direFrench
- abair leIrish
- innisScottish Gaelic
- הבין, הבדיל, הגיד, אמרHebrew
- ասելArmenian
- segjaIcelandic
- insegnare, dire, raccontareItalian
- 教える, 言う, 述べるJapanese
- ಹೇಳಿKannada
- amen dicoLatin
- stāstītLatvian
- кажува, разликуваMacedonian
- vertellen, zeggen, instruerenDutch
- fortelleNorwegian
- powiedziećPolish
- contarPortuguese
- сказать, различать, различить, приказать, говоритьRussian
- máinnastit, muitalit, bagadallatNorthern Sami
- säga åt, tala om, berätta, säga till, säga, avgöraSwedish
- บอกThai
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