tell

tell is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 6 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
2. transitive verb. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
3. transitive verb. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
4. transitive verb. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
5. transitive verb. To order; to request; to command.
6. transitive verb. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
7. transitive verb. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
8. intransitive verb. To give an account; to make report.
9. intransitive verb. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
10. noun. That which is told; tale; account.
11. noun. A hill or mound.
12. noun. 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)
13. verb. mark as different

    "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

    Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize

14. verb. discern or comprehend

    "He could tell that she was unhappy"

15. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: enjoin, order, say

16. verb. let something be known

    "Tell them that you will be late"

17. verb. narrate or give a detailed account of

    "Tell what happened"

    "The father told a story to his child"

    Synonyms: narrate, recite, recount

18. verb. give evidence

    "he was telling on all his former colleague"

    Synonyms: evidence

19. verb. express in words

    "He said that he wanted to marry her"

    "tell me what is bothering you"

    Synonyms: say, state

20. verb. inform positively and with certainty and confidence

    "I tell you that man is a crook!"

    Synonyms: assure

Synonyms

differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, enjoin, order, say, narrate, recite, recount, evidence, state, assure

Common word forms

tells, tellen, teller, telling, tellable

Words from these letters

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