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told

Overview of verb tell

1. state, say, tell -- (express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name")

2. tell -- (let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late")

3. tell, narrate, recount, recite -- (narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told

a story to his child")

4. order, tell, enjoin, say -- (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")

5. tell -- (discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy")

6. assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!")

7. tell, evidence -- (give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague")

8. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")



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