tell: signification et définitions

To give a detailed account of; narrate: tell what happened; told us a story.

To communicate by speech or writing; express with words: tell the truth; tell one's love.

To make known; reveal: tell a secret; tell fortunes.

To notify; inform.

To inform positively; assure: I tell you, the plan will work.

To give instructions to; direct: told the customers to wait in line.

To discover by observation; discern: could tell that he was upset.

To name or number one by one; count: telling one's blessings; 16 windows, all told.

To give an account or revelation: is prepared to break silence and tell.

To give evidence; inform: promised not to tell on her friend.

To have an effect or impact: In this game every move tells.

tell off Informal To rebuke severely; reprimand.

A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements.