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4 LETTERS1 POINT[tɔʊld]

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[tɔʊld][toʊld]

verb
(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
"All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth."
verb
To narrate.
"I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story."
verb
To convey by speech; to say.
"Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies."
verb
To instruct or inform.
"Please tell me how to do it."
verb
To order; to direct, to say to someone.
"Tell him to go away."
verb
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
"Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell."
verb
To reveal.
"Time will tell what became of him."
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To be revealed.
verb
To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
"Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell."
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To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
verb
To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
"I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!"
verb
(authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
"Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing."