Word: tells
Category: tells
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Related words: tells
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Synonyms: tells
inform, notify, apprise, let know, make aware, acquaint with, advise, put in the picture, brief, fill in, alert, warn, clue in/up, relate, recount, narrate, unfold, report, recite, describe, sketch, weave, spin, utter, voice, state, declare, communicate, impart, divulge, instruct, order, command, direct, charge, enjoin, call on, require, bid, assure, promise, give one's word, swear, guarantee, reveal, show, indicate, be evidence of, disclose, convey, signify, give the game away, talk, tell tales, tattle, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, blab, inform on, tell tales on, give away, denounce, sell out, blow the whistle on, rat on, squeal on, finger, ascertain, determine, work out, make out, deduce, discern, perceive, see, identify, recognize, understand, comprehend, figure out, suss out, distinguish, differentiate, discriminate, take its toll, leave its mark, affect, say, secern, tell apart, severalize, separate, evidence
Translations: tells
The meaning and "use of": tells
- communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words. - I told her you were coming
- decide or determine correctly or with certainty. - you can tell they're in love
- (of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone. - the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him
- count (the members of a series or group). - the shepherd had told all his sheep
- (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception. - But I think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those.
- (in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements. - He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city.
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