LLexicon Workbenchv2.1

tell

verbid 414·updated Jun 3, 2026

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GlossaryL1 — what DictionaryL2 — how used ThesaurusL3 — relations Universaleverything

communicate information verbally or in writing

polysemous

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Cognitive

Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

10 surface forms

synonym: assureevidenceorderrecountseparatestate
pasttense: telled
presentparticiple: telling
thirdpersonsingular: tells
pastparticiple: telled

Framework definitions

8 senses across 1 framework

Wordset Dictionary8 sensesview framework →

§1: mark as different
§2: discern or comprehend
§3: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
§4: let something be known
§5: narrate or give a detailed account of
§6: give evidence
§7: express in words
§8: inform positively and with certainty and confidence

Outgoing relationships

term as subject — 2 triples

ambiguityFlag: truexsd:boolean
verbLevel: understandlexicon:CognitiveLevel

Incoming relationships

term as object — 0 triples

No incoming triples

No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.