1. Express in words
   "tell me what is bothering you"
   - state, say 
2. Let something be known
   "Tell them that you will be late" 
3. Narrate or give a detailed account of
   "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
   - narrate, recount, recite 
4. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
   "The mother told the child to get dressed"
   - order, enjoin, say 
5. Discern or comprehend
   "He could tell that she was unhappy" 
6. Inform positively and with certainty and confidence
   "I tell you that man is a crook!"
   - assure 
7. Give evidence
   "he was telling on all his former colleague"
   - evidence 
8. Mark as different
   - distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise [Brit], tell apart

1. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
   - William Tell

Derived forms: told, telling, tells

See also: tale, tell apart, tell off, teller, telling

Type of: affirm, archer, assert, aver, avow, bowman, express, give tongue to, guess, identify, infer, inform, place, request, swan, swear, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, verify

Encyclopedia: Tell Tell, Texas

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