tell

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , , from , , from.

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Verb

 * 1)  To count, reckon, or enumerate.
 * 2)  To narrate, to recount.
 * 3)  To convey by speech; to say.
 * 4) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Tell her you’re here.
 * 1)  To instruct or inform.
 * 2)  To order; to direct, to say to someone.
 * 3)  To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
 * 4)  To reveal.
 * 5)  To be revealed.
 * 6) * 1990,, Under Siege, 1991 edition, ISBN 0671742949, p.409:
 * Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling. Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
 * 1)  To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
 * 2)  To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
 * 3)  To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
 * 4)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To order; to direct, to say to someone.
 * 2)  To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
 * 3)  To reveal.
 * 4)  To be revealed.
 * 5) * 1990,, Under Siege, 1991 edition, ISBN 0671742949, p.409:
 * Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling. Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
 * 1)  To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
 * 2)  To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
 * 3)  To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
 * 4)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To reveal.
 * 2)  To be revealed.
 * 3) * 1990,, Under Siege, 1991 edition, ISBN 0671742949, p.409:
 * Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling. Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
 * 1)  To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
 * 2)  To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
 * 3)  To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
 * 4)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
 * 2)  To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
 * 3)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
 * 2)  To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
 * 3)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
 * 1)  To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

Usage notes

 * In dialects, other past tense forms (besides told) may be found, including /, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:count
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:inform
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:divulge
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:rat out
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:rat out

Translations

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Albanian: ,
 * American Sign Language: 1@Chin-PalmBack 1@FromChin-PalmUp
 * Arabic: ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: قال
 * Hijazi Arabic: قال, حَكَّى
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: ক
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: әйтеү
 * Belarusian:, каза́ць, сказа́ць
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: leverel, lawl
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: fortælle,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Emilian: dîr
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: თქმა
 * German:, ,
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λέγω
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: abair le
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,  ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kambera: paní
 * Kashmiri: وَنُن, دَپُن, بوزناوُن
 * Kashubian: rzec
 * Kazakh: ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ບອກ,
 * Latin: narrō, memoro
 * Latvian: stāstīt
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Lombard:
 * Macedonian: кажува, каже
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᠪᡳ
 * Marathi:
 * Mbyá Guaraní: mombe'u
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali:
 * Norman: dithe
 * Northern Sami: muitalit, máinnastit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: рещи, говорити
 * Old English: secgan
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Pitcairn-Norfolk: tull
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: innis
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ре̏ћи, гово̀рити, ка́зати
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: povedať,
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wulicowaś, wulicyś
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar: ,
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Tocharian B: we-, āks-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:, diýmek
 * Tày: cạ
 * Ukrainian:, , ,
 * Urdu: کَہْنا
 * Uyghur: دېمەك, ئېيتماق
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * West Frisian: fertelle
 * White Hmong:
 * Yiddish: זאָגן
 * Zealandic: vertelle
 * Zhuang: gangj


 * Bashkir: тейеү, ҡушыу
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: tilsige, instruere
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: abair le
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: кажува
 * Mòcheno: learnen
 * Norman: dithe
 * Northern Sami: bagadallat
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: povedať
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: säga åt, ,


 * Bashkir: белеү, күреү, айырыу
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Danish: afsige, afgøre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 判る
 * Macedonian: разликува
 * Old English: tōcnāwan
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: povedať
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: відрізня́ти, відрізни́ти


 * Czech:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: (declare),  (perceive),  (distinguish)

Noun

 * 1) A reflexive, often habitual behavior,  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.
 * 2)  A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
 * 3)  That which is told; a tale or account.
 * 4) * April 4, 1743,, letter to Sir Horace Mann
 * I am at the end of my tell.
 * 1)  A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
 * I am at the end of my tell.
 * 1)  A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.

Etymology 2
From or, from.

Noun

 * 1)  A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Translations

 * French:
 * Italian: tell
 * Polish: ,