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Bookmark or Share- Tell - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.comverb. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. “The mother told the child to get dressed” synonyms: enjoin, order, say. see more.
- TELL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comto express in words (thoughts, feelings, etc.). to reveal or divulge (something secret or private). Synonyms: spill the beans, confess, avow, admit, own, acknowledge, reveal, expose, disclose, betray, bare, squeal. to say plainly or positively: I cannot tell just what was done.
- Say or tell ? - Grammar - Cambridge DictionaryWe use say and tell in different ways in reported speech. Say focuses on the words someone said and tell focuses more on the content or message of what someone said: ‘Hello,’ she said. Not: ‘Hello,’ she told. She told him they were going on holiday.
- Tell Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. a. : to relate in detail : narrate. told the whole story to us. b. : to give utterance to : say. could never tell a lie. 2. a. : to make known : divulge, reveal. don't tell your password. b. : to express in words. she never told her love William Shakespeare. 3. a. : to give information to : inform. tell us about your job. b.
- TELL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionarytell in British English. (tɛl ) verb Word forms: tells, telling, told. 1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to let know; notify. he told me that he would go. 2. (transitive) to order or instruct (someone to do something) I told her to send the letter airmail.
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