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    tell·ing
    [ˈteliNG]
    adjective
    telling (adjective)
    1. having a striking or revealing effect; significant:
      "a telling argument against this theory"
    tell
    [tel]
    verb
    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"
    Origin
    Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale.
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    verb
    1. communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words:
    2. decide or determine correctly or with certainty:
    3. count (the members of a series or group):
     
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