tell
tell
tɛl
tel
/tɛl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "tell"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use words and give someone information
Transitive: to tell sb about sth
to tell definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She told her family about her exciting job offer.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make confidential information or a secret known
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' How did you do on the exam? ' ' I 'm not telling. You'll have to wait for the results.'
'āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›?' 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤'
1.2

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use words in order to express or narrate something
Transitive: to tell sth
Ditransitive: to tell sb sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He asked his friend to tell him the truth about what happened.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āϘāϟāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to instruct or recommend someone to do a particular thing
Ditransitive: to tell sb to do sth
to tell definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passengers are required to do as they are told by the flight attendants.
āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϰāĻž āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.4

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to provide information or facts about something in non-verbal ways
Ditransitive: to tell sb a piece of information | to tell sb that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chart tells us the sales performance of the company.
āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž

to realize or determine with confidence
Transitive: to tell that
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
From what I can tell, the weather is going to be nice this weekend.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāϟāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āĻāχ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšā§‡āύāĻž

to be able to differentiate a person or thing from another
Transitive: to tell the difference between two things | to tell that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you tell which twin is which?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϕ⧋āύ āϝāĻŽāϜāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ?
03

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to have an effect that is noticeable, particularly a harmful one
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The harsh winter is starting to tell on the condition of the roads.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļā§€āϤ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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