tell

verbid 414·updated Jun 3, 2026
verified

communicate information verbally or in writing

polysemous

Attested in

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Classifications

Cognitive

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

Responsibility

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

synonym
assureevidenceorderrecountseparatestate
pasttense
telled
presentparticiple
telling
thirdpersonsingular
tells
pastparticiple
telled

Framework definitions

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
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
communicate information verbally or in writing
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

Outgoing relationships

ambiguityFlag
  • truexsd:boolean
verbLevel
  • understandlexicon:CognitiveLevel

Incoming relationships

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