tell
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
communicate information verbally or in writing
polysemousLegacy lexicon import
Senses
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mark as different
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discern or comprehend
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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
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let something be known
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narrate or give a detailed account of
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give evidence
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express in words
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inform positively and with certainty and confidence
Classifications
Cognitive
Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- assureevidenceorderrecountseparatestate
- pasttense
- telled
- presentparticiple
- telling
- thirdpersonsingular
- tells
- pastparticiple
- telled