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Definition of Tell
Tell

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.

To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.

To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.

To order; to request; to command.

To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.

To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.

To give an account; to make report.

To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.

That which is told; tale; account.

A hill or mound.

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Tell Quotations

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.
Woodrow Wilson

Tell it like it is.
Peter Pace

I cannot tell you how happy and in love I am with everything.
Daphne Zuniga

Must I tell the story of my life again?
John Garfield

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.
Gertrude Stein

Tell Translations

tell in Dutch is zeggen, opgeven
tell in French is enjoindre, dire, charger, racontez, racontons
tell in Italian is narrare
tell in Latin is dico, loquor, fero tuli latum, propono
tell in Portuguese is diga, dizer
tell in Spanish is contar, decir


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