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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tell 5 of 8 senses of tell Sense 1 state, say tell => present, lay out => misstate => answer, reply, respond => preface, premise, introduce => announce, declare => articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise => get out => declare => declare => note, observe, mention, remark => add append, supply => explain => give Sense 2 tell => digress, stray, divagate, wander => bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal => disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => talk => publicize, publicise, air, bare => repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell => propagandize, propagandise => announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald => impart, leave give pass on Sense 3 tell narrate, recount, spin, recite => relate => yarn => rhapsodize, rhapsodise Sense 4 order tell enjoin, say => direct => instruct => command, require, compel => call send for => warn Sense 8 distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart => know => discriminate, know apart => label => label => sex => individualize, individualise => contrast => severalize => contradistinguish => dissociate => demarcate => discriminate, separate, single out => stratify Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tell 5 of 8 senses of tell Sense 1 state, say tell => present, lay out => argue, reason => re-argue => expostulate => defend, support, fend for => apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise => color, colour, gloss => plead => extenuate, palliate, mitigate => stand up stick up => uphold => argue, indicate => misstate => answer, reply, respond => counter => field => sass => retort, come back repay, return, riposte, rejoin => bridle => preface, premise, introduce => preamble => prologize => announce, declare => promulgate => nolle prosequi nolle pros, nol. pros. => articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise => get out => declare => condemn => boo, hiss => explode => consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify => reconsecrate => account, answer for => propose, suggest, advise => recommend, urge, advocate => advance, throw out => proposition => feed back => submit, state, put forward => move make a motion => promise, assure => pledge, plight => vow => betroth, engage, affiance, plight => profess => swear => guarantee, vouch => bail => stipulate => secure => certify => covenant => commune, communicate => communicate => swear off => contract, undertake => sign => undersign => ink => autograph, inscribe => initial => countersign => execute => endorse => cosign, co-sign => visa => stipulate, qualify, condition, specify => provide => rent, lease => rent, hire, charter, lease => covenant => confirm => bar mitzvah => bat mitzvah => undertake, guarantee => underwrite, subvent => promise => vouchsafe => acknowledge, receipt => take the Fifth take the Fifth Amendment => sentence, condemn, doom => foredoom => court-martial => proclaim, exclaim, promulgate => trumpet => clarion => affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear => hold => claim, take => attest => declare => plead => profess => protest => assure, tell => swear, depose, depone => testify, attest, take the stand bear witness => vouch => decree => ordain => predestine => will => destine, fate, doom, designate => ordain, enact => reenact => legislate, pass => opine, speak up animadvert, sound off => editorialize => count out => declare => note, observe, mention, remark => comment, notice, remark, point out => criticize, criticise, pick apart => reprimand, censure, criminate => animadvert => savage => admonish, reprove => rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down scold, chide, berate, bawl out remonstrate, chew out chew up have words lambaste, lambast => chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct => flame => tell off brush down => reprehend => deplore => execrate, anathemize, anathematize => belabor, belabour => come down => denounce => fulminate, rail => condemn, decry, objurgate, excoriate => blame, find fault, pick => disparage, belittle, pick at => pan, tear apart, trash => discredit, disgrace => deprecate, depreciate => deflate, puncture => minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate => talk down => nitpick => attack, round, assail, lash out snipe, assault => abuse, clapperclaw, blackguard, shout => slang => vilify, revile, vituperate, rail => curse => claw => rip => whang => barrage => blister, whip => rubbish => wisecrack => kibitz, kibbitz => add append, supply => slip in stick in sneak in insert => spatchcock => toss in => explain => give => quote => underquote => cast Sense 2 tell => digress, stray, divagate, wander => bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal => bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict => threaten => prophesy, foreshow => mark => blaze => dimension => signpost => signalize, distinguish => singularize => buoy => disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => blackwash => muckrake => blow => out => come out of the closet, out come out => spring => betray, bewray => confide => unbosom, relieve => leak => talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out => talk => publicize, publicise, air, bare => bulletin => publish, bring out put out issue, release => circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around => sow, sough => popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise => carry, run => air, send broadcast, beam, transmit => satellite => sportscast => telecast, televise => colorcast => rerun, rebroadcast => repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell => ditto => harp, dwell => translate, interpret, render => retranslate => mistranslate => gloss => latinize, Latinize => paraphrase, rephrase, reword => sum up summarize, summarise, resume => abstract => precis => docket => recapitulate, recap => retrograde, rehash => quote, cite => misquote => propagandize, propagandise => announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald => impart, leave give pass on Sense 3 tell narrate, recount, spin, recite => relate => yarn => rhapsodize, rhapsodise Sense 4 order tell enjoin, say => direct => stet => instruct => charge => charge => command, require, compel => charge, saddle, burden => overburden => bear down => overwhelm, deluge, flood out => adjure => requisition => forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow => ban => bar, debar, exclude => enjoin => outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise => ban, censor => call send for => summon, summons, cite => vouch => vouch in => demand => beep => recall => call in => lift => muster => hail => summon => page => buzz => convoke, convene => beckon => call up mobilize, mobilise, rally => warn Sense 8 distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart => know => discriminate, know apart => subtilize => label => label => sex => individualize, individualise => contrast => severalize => contradistinguish => dissociate => demarcate => discriminate, separate, single out => isolate, insulate => ghettoize, ghettoise => cloister => seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw => quarantine => maroon => segregate => redline => disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour => handicap, hinder, hamper => prejudice => stratify Entailment of verb tell 1 of 8 senses of tell Sense 8 distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart => compare Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb tell 8 senses of tell Sense 1 state, say tell => express, utter, give tongue to Sense 2 tell => inform Also See-> tell off#1 Sense 3 tell narrate, recount, spin, recite => inform Sense 4 order tell enjoin, say => request Sense 5 tell => guess, infer Sense 6 assure, tell => affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear Sense 7 tell evidence => inform Also See-> tell apart#1 Sense 8 distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart => identify, place Familiarity of verb tell tell used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 8) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tell Sense 1 state, say tell => express, utter, give tongue to -------------- Sense 2 tell => inform -------------- Sense 3 tell narrate, recount, spin, recite => inform -------------- Sense 4 order tell enjoin, say => request -------------- Sense 5 tell => guess, infer -------------- Sense 6 assure, tell => affirm, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -------------- Sense 7 tell evidence => inform -------------- Sense 8 distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart => identify, place -------------- Grep of noun telling foretelling fortune telling telling Overview of noun telling The noun telling has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. relation, telling, recounting -- (an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable") 2. telling, apprisal, notification -- (informing by words) 3. tattle, singing, telling -- (disclosing information or giving evidence about another) Overview of verb tell The verb tell has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (196) state, say tell -- (express an idea, etc in words "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion") 2. (190) tell -- (let something be known "Tell them that you will be late") 3. (75) tell narrate, recount, spin, recite -- (narrate or give a detailed account of "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child") 4. (60) order tell enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") 5. (28) tell -- (discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy") 6. (6) assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!") 7. (4) tell evidence -- (give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague") 8. (3) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple") Overview of adj telling The adj telling has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) revealing, telling, telltale -- (disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down") 2. cogent, telling, weighty -- (powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument") 3. impressive, telling -- (producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture") Antonyms of adj telling 3 senses of telling Sense 1 revealing, telling, telltale(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA informative) -> uninformative, uninstructive Sense 2 cogent, telling, weighty INDIRECT (VIA forceful) -> forceless, unforceful, weak Sense 3 impressive, telling INDIRECT (VIA effective) -> ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual Similarity of adj telling 3 senses of telling Sense 1 revealing, telling, telltale(postnominal) => informative (vs. uninformative), informatory Sense 2 cogent, telling, weighty => forceful (vs. forceless) Sense 3 impressive, telling => effective (vs. ineffective), effectual, efficacious Attributes of adj telling Familiarity of adj telling telling used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj telling telling Overview of noun telling The noun telling has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. relation, telling, recounting -- (an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable") 2. telling, apprisal, notification -- (informing by words) 3. tattle, singing, telling -- (disclosing information or giving evidence about another) Overview of verb tell The verb tell has 8 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (196) state, say tell -- (express an idea, etc in words "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion") 2. (190) tell -- (let something be known "Tell them that you will be late") 3. (75) tell narrate, recount, spin, recite -- (narrate or give a detailed account of "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child") 4. (60) order tell enjoin, say -- (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed") 5. (28) tell -- (discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy") 6. (6) assure, tell -- (inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!") 7. (4) tell evidence -- (give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague") 8. (3) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, tell tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple") Overview of adj telling The adj telling has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) revealing, telling, telltale -- (disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down") 2. cogent, telling, weighty -- (powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument") 3. impressive, telling -- (producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture")
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