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How to pronounce “tell

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Pronunciation guide for tell

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of tell with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Gaijin Cookbook--and I'll tell you why.
Definition summary
(transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce tell

The Gaijin Cookbook

--and I'll tell you why.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “tell

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
  • (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate, to recount.
  • (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
  • (transitive) To instruct or inform.
  • (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  • (transitive or intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
  • (transitive) To reveal.
  • (intransitive) To be revealed.
  • (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
  • (transitive) To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
  • (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
  • (authorship, intransitive) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.
  • [Noun]
  • A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
  • (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
  • (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
  • (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.

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