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   Tale

   /tāl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted: "a delightful children's tale" Similar storyshort storynarrativeanecdotereportaccountrecordhistorylegendfablemythromanceparableallegoryepicsagainformal:yarnrumorgossiphearsayslandertalkallegationtittle-tattlelibelstoryinformal:tea
   • ▪ a lie. Similar liefibfalsehoodstoryuntruthfabricationfictionpiece of fictiontrumped-up storyfake newsalternative factinformal:tall storyfairy story/talecock and bull storyshaggy-dog storyyarn
   • 2. a number or total: archaic "an exact tale of the dead bodies"

   Word Origin Old Englishtalu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell1. tale (sense 2) is probably from Old Norse.

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