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6 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you tell someone something, you give them information. In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis I got the job. I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked. Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth. Synonyms: inform, notify, make aware, say to More Synonyms of tell. 2. transitive verb.
1. To relate a story or give an account of an event: The sailor told of having been adrift for days. 2. To reveal something that is not supposed to be revealed, especially something that someone has done wrong: She promised not to tell on her friend. 3. To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells. n.
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.
