- Tell (to relate)
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Tell (to relate)
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tell — ► VERB (past and past part. told) 1) communicate information to. 2) instruct to do something. 3) relate (a story). 4) (tell on) informal inform on. 5) (tell off) informal reprimand … English terms dictionary
Relate — Re*late (r? l?t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Related}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Relating}.] [F. relater to recount, LL. relatare, fr. L. relatus, used as p. p. of referre. See {Elate}, and cf. {Refer}.] 1. To bring back; to restore. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
relate — vb 1 Relate, rehearse, recite, recount, narrate, describe, state, report are comparable when they mean to tell orally or in writing the details or circumstances necessary to others understanding or knowledge of a real or imagined situation or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
relate — I (establish a connection) verb affect, affiliate, ally, appertain to, apply, associate, bear upon, bracket, concern, connect, consociate, correlate, draw a parallel, filiate, group, have a bearing on, identify, integrate, interconnect,… … Law dictionary
tell — [v1] communicate acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news*, call upon, clue in*, command, confess, declare, direct, disclose, divulge, enjoin, explain, express, fill in*, give facts, give out, impart, inform, instruct,… … New thesaurus
relate — [ri lāt′] vt. related, relating [< L relatus, pp. of referre, to bring back: see REFER] 1. to tell the story of or give an account of; narrate; recount 2. to connect or associate, as in thought or meaning; show as having to do with; show a… … English World dictionary
relate — [v1] give an account of break a story*, chronicle, clue one in*, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one’s chest*, give the word*, impart, itemize, lay it on the line*, let one’s hair down*, narrate, particularize,… … New thesaurus
tell — I verb acquaint, advise, annunciate, apprise, betray, blurt out, come out with, communicate, confess, constrain, convey, declare, depict, detail, direct, disclose, distinguish, divulge, enumerate, enunciate, express, give an account of, give vent … Law dictionary
relate — (v.) 1530, to recount, tell, from L. relatus, used as pp. of referre (see REFER (Cf. refer)), from re back, again + latus (see OBLATE (Cf. oblate) (n.)). Meaning to establish a relation between is from 1771. Sense of to feel connected or… … Etymology dictionary
tell — vb 1 *count, enumerate, number 2 *say, utter, state 3 divulge, discover, *reveal, disclose, betray Analogous words: impart, *communicate: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
tell — v. 1) (A; usu. without to) ( to relate ) she told the news to everyone; or: she told everyone the news; he told me his name; she told them a story; tell me the truth 2) (D; intr.) ( to be certain ) to tell about (you can never tell about people… … Combinatory dictionary
