tell (/tel/)
verb · Beginner · Common Verbs
🔊 /tel/
Meaning
Meaning: inform, narrate
To give information to someone in spoken or written words, or to narrate. It usually has a listener as its object.
Examples
🗣 Please tell me the truth about what really happened at the meeting.
Etymology
From Old English ‘tellan’ (to count, relate), from a Germanic root.
How & Where It’s Used
A core everyday verb for informing and narrating.
Tags: speech, communication