tell

Meanings

• 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)
• express in words
  • "tell me what is bothering you"
• let something be known
  • "Tell them that you will be late"
• narrate or give a detailed account of
  • "Tell what happened"
• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• discern or comprehend
  • "He could tell that she was unhappy"
• inform positively and with certainty and confidence
  • "I tell you that man is a crook!"
• give evidence
  • "he was telling on all his former colleague"
• mark as different

Synonyms

assure, differentiate, distinguish, enjoin, evidence, narrate, order, recite, recount, say, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, state, tell apart, William Tell