tell

/tel/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle told /toʊld/) (SAY)

Definition

› to say something to someone, esp. to give instructions or information; report: [T] Can you tell me how to get to the bus station? [I] She told about her travels overseas.

(Definition of tell v (SAY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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tell on someone phrasal verb
tell someone/something apart phrasal verb
tell time idiom
tell v KNOW
tell v ORDER
tell v SAY
tell v SHOW
teller n
telltale adj
telophase n
temp n

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