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    tell
    [tel]
    verb
    tell (verb) · tells (third person present) · told (past tense) · told (past participle) · telling (present participle)
    1. communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words:
      "I told her you were coming" · "“We have nothing in common,” she told him" · "he's telling the truth" · "we must be told the facts"
      • order, instruct, or advise (someone) to do something:
        "tell him to go away"
      • narrate or relate (a tale or story):
        "he tried to make the children laugh by telling jokes" · "tell me the story again"
      • reveal (information) to someone in a nonverbal way:
        "the figures tell a different story" · "the smile on her face told him everything"
      • divulge confidential or private information:
        "promise you won't tell"
    2. decide or determine correctly or with certainty:
      "you can tell they're in love"
      • distinguish (one person or thing) from another; perceive (the difference) between one person or thing and another:
        "I can't tell the difference between margarine and butter"
    3. archaic
      count (the members of a series or group):
      "the shepherd had told all his sheep"
    noun
    tell (noun) · tells (plural noun)
    1. (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.
    Origin
    Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale.
    tell
    [tel]
    noun
    archaeology
    tell (noun) · tells (plural noun)
    1. (in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.
    Origin
    mid 19th century: from Arabic tall ‘hillock’.
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    verb
    1. communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words:
      inform
      notify
      apprise
      advise
      brief
      fill in
      alert
      warn
      forewarn
      speak
      utter
      say
      voice
      state
      declare
      communicate
      impart
      divulge
      announce
      proclaim
      broadcast
      relate
      recount
      narrate
      set forth
      unfold
      retail
      report
      chronicle
      recite
      rehearse
      describe
      portray
      sketch
      delineate
      depict
      paint
      weave
      spin
      let know
      make aware
      mention something to
      acquaint with
      put in the picture
      break the news to
      clue in
      make known
      give an account of
    2. decide or determine correctly or with certainty:
      ascertain
      decide
      determine
      work out
      make out
      deduce
      discern
      perceive
      see
      identify
      recognize
      understand
      comprehend
      be sure
      figure out
      get a fix on
      be certain
      suss out
    3. count (the members of a series or group):
      calculation
      enumeration
      computation
      reckoning
      counting
      telling
      tally
      tallying
      poll
      census
      listing
      register
      enumerate
      work out
      totting up
      keep a tally of
      keep a count of
      keep a record of
      count up
      count off
     
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    What is another word for tell?
    Some common synonyms of tell are betray, disclose, divulge, and reveal. While all these words mean "to make known what has been or should be concealed," tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information. Where would betray be a reasonable alternative to tell?

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    What does it mean if you tell yourself something?
    [VERB noun to-infinitive] If you tell yourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something. 'Come on,' she told herself. [V pron-refl with quote] I told myself that I would be satisfied with whatever I could get.

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    What does tell mean in English?
    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English tell /tel/ ●●● verb (past tense and past participle told) /təʊld $ toʊld/ S1 W1 1 communicate something [transitive] if someone tells you something, they communicate information, a story, their feelings etc to you tell somebody (that) I wish someone had told me the meeting was canceled.

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    What does tell a person mean?
    To notify (someone) of something; inform: He told us of his dream to sail around the world. d. To make known; disclose or reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes. e. To inform (someone) positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work. f. To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line. 2.

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    What does tell mean in psychology?
    tell (plural tells) A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially 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.

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    How do you use tell in a sentence?
    This sense of tell is often used informally to emphasize a statement. You are wrong, I tell you. I can tell you —it's not worth the hassle. I'm telling you, I don't know anyone by that name. If you see her, tell her hello for me. “I feel sick,” he told his mom. “What is his name?” “I don't know. He didn't tell me.”

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