Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
- 2transitive verb
To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
- 3transitive verb
To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
- 4transitive verb
To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
- 5transitive verb
To order; to request; to command.
- 6transitive 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.
- 7transitive verb
To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
- 8intransitive verb
To give an account; to make report.
- 9intransitive verb
To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
- 10noun
That which is told; tale; account.
- 11noun
A hill or mound.
- 12noun
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)
- 13verb
mark as different
"We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- 14verb
discern or comprehend
"He could tell that she was unhappy"
- 15verb
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"
- 16verb
let something be known
"Tell them that you will be late"
- 17verb
narrate or give a detailed account of
"Tell what happened"
"The father told a story to his child"
- 18verb
give evidence
"he was telling on all his former colleague"
Synonyms
- 19verb
express in words
"He said that he wanted to marry her"
"tell me what is bothering you"
- 20verb
inform positively and with certainty and confidence
"I tell you that man is a crook!"
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