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Meanings of tell in English

Portuguese
distinguir
Catalan
diferenciar
Spanish
diferenciar

Mark as different.

      distinguir
      Portuguese
      dizer
      Catalan
      manifestar
      Spanish
      mandar

      To give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.

            dizer
            Portuguese
            narrar
            Catalan
            narrar
            Spanish
            narrar

            Narrate or give a detailed account of.

                  narrar
                  Russian
                  телль
                  Portuguese
                  tel
                  Spanish
                  tell
                  Catalan
                  tel

                  Ancient settlement mound.

                        телль
                        Synonyms
                        Examples for "tel"
                        Examples for "tel"
                        1
                        Papouse no care for dirty shirt; their lee-tel bellies have no eyes.
                        Roughing It in the Bush
                        2
                        They dined elegantly, drank expensive French wine and overindulged in Mar- tel.
                        Terminal Compromise
                        3
                        You could tel him from another synthetic just by talking to him.
                        The Complete Alien Omnibus
                        4
                        Further information is available from the company's Northern Ireland office, tel.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        Further information is available from the the Design Week office, tel.
                        The Irish Times
                        1
                        Stone, in Caribbee, tebou; in the Lesgian of Caucasus, teb; in Aztec, tepetl; in Turkish, tepe.
                        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
                        2
                        Gobekli Tepe was, therefore, five thousand years older than any comparable structure.
                        The genesis secret
                        3
                        Before the train reaches Gheok Tepe I am back in the car.
                        The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Race...
                        4
                        In the Sheria-Hareira locality, the Hareira Tepe Redoubt was captured at dawn.
                        With the British Army in The Holy Land
                        5
                        The peninsula beyond Gaba Tepe had apparently been cleared of the enemy.
                        New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
                        Usage of tell in English
                        1
                        New housing figures out today tell an interesting story, particularly about Auckland.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        She articulated a clear, simple purpose; to tell people about that reality.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        I tell them it's a great year to take a gap year.
                        NY Magazine
                        4
                        New technologies have always given us weird new ways to tell stories.
                        Wired
                        5
                        Books for young children combine words with illustrations to tell a story.
                        From cover to cover: evaluating and reviewing children's books
                        6
                        However, Mr Wilson said part of the community continued to tell untruths.
                        Radio NZ
                        7
                        Don't tell me tomorrow isn't the appropriate time to debate gun violence.
                        BBC
                        8
                        It said: I'm getting ready to tell the truth about what's happening.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        Ask Zelandoni to tell you about the number five sometime, Jondalar said.
                        The Shelters of Stone
                        10
                        The issue, of course, is that nobody really did tell us so.
                        The Guardian
                        11
                        Statistics tell us that businesses fail all the time in Northern Ireland.
                        The Irish Times
                        12
                        Of course, children always ask why, but he would not tell me.
                        Helen of troy
                        13
                        They can tell them: 'we are ready to genuinely discuss this problem'.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        By way of reply, Angharad simply said, I will tell you tonight.
                        Scarlet
                        15
                        She knows it's coming, my question about the leadership; I can tell.
                        The Guardian
                        16
                        Subsequent illustrations & text tell of his efforts to solve the problem.
                        The new yorker
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                        Tell through the time
                        Tell across language varieties
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                        Common
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                        Common
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                        Common
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