English - Turkish
Definition of tell in English Turkish dictionary
- {f} demek
Onlara ne demek istediğini söyle.
-Tell them what you mean.
Bana ne demek istediğini söyle.
-Tell me what you mean.
- anlatmak
O, eşine gerçeği anlatmakta tereddüt etmedi.
-He didn't hesitate to tell his wife the truth.
Tom'un sağlık problemlerini sana anlatmak etik olmazdı.
-It would be unethical for me to tell you about Tom's medical problems.
- {f} haber vermek
- {f} söylemek
Bana öyle geliyor ki kocam beni arkadaşımla aldatıyor.Ona söylemek istiyorum:Sen kedi çalıyorsun!.
-It appears that my husband is cheating on me with my friend. I want to tell her: You thieving cat!.
Gerçeği söylemek gerekirse, bu konu onu hiç ilgilendirmez.
-To tell the truth, this matter does not concern it at all.
- {f} (told)
- {f} söylemek; anlatmak: I told her the news. Ona haberi söyledim. I told her he was here. Onun burada olduğunu kendisine söyledim
- {f} açığa çıkarmak
- {f} bildirmek
- {f} ayırt etmek
Bir orijinali sahteden ayırt etmek zordur.
-It's difficult to tell an original from a fake.
Bazen doğruyu yanlıştan ayırt etmek zordur.
-It is sometimes hard to tell right from wrong.
- {f} emretmek
- nakletmek
- etkisini göstermek
- belli olmak
- göstermek
- seçmek
- söyle
Trenin ne zaman kalkacağını lütfen bana söyleyebilir misin?
-Can you please tell me what time the train leaves?
Lütfen adresini bana söyle.
-Please tell me your address.
- ayıtmak
- tahmin etmek
Ne düşündüğünü tahmin etmek mümkün değil.
-There is no telling what he is thinking.
Ne olacağını tahmin etmek mümkün değil.
-There's no telling what'll happen.
- etkili olmak
- tembihlemek
- belli etmek
- göze çarpmak
- bilmek
Tom'a bilmek istediği şeyi söyleyemedim.
-I couldn't tell Tom what he wanted to know.
Onun bilmek istediğini Tom'un Mary'ye söylememek için iyi bir nedeni var.
-Tom has a good reason for not telling Mary what she wants to know.
- tell söyle
- ark höyük
- birer birer s
- anlamak
Kimin gerçeği söylediğini anlamak zordur.
-It's hard to figure out who's telling the truth.
- yaymak
- anlat
- para etmek
- anlat bakalım
- söyleyin
- anlatm
- tell off
- azarlamak
- tell the truth
- doğruyu söylemek
Doğruyu söylemek gerekirse, onu sevmiyorum.
-To tell the truth, I don't like him.
Doğruyu söylemek gerekirse, ben senin baban değilim.
-To tell the truth, I am not your father.
- tell the truth
- doğru söylemek
- tell me about
- (Bilgisayar) bilgi istediğim konu
- tell me another
- (deyim) bunları külahıma anlat
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) ek bilgi ver
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) daha çok bilgi
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) ek bilgi
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) ayrıntılı bilgi
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) daha fazla bilgi
- tell me more
- (Bilgisayar) daha detaylı bilgi ver
- tell of
- belirtisi olmak
- tell off
- paylamak
- tell off
- oymak
- tell on
- ispiyonlamak
- tell on
- birini ele vermek
- tell on
- gammazlamak
- tell on (somebody)
- ispiyonlamak
- tell a fib
- yalan söyle
- tell a joke
- fıkra anlat
- tell a lie
- yalan söyle
Tom yalan söyleyemeyecek kadar dürüst bir çocuktur.
-Tom is too honest a boy to tell a lie.
Yalan söylemek iyi değildir.
-It is not good to tell a lie.
- tell a long rigmarole
- zırvalamak
- tell a story
- masal anlatmak
- tell anonymously
- isim vermeden konuş
- tell apart
- parça parça konuş
- tell confidentially
- gizli konuş
- tell fortunes
- fala bakmak
- tell off
- abırlamaq
- tell off
- yüzüne vurmak
- tell on
- kötü etkile
- tell on
- kötü etkilemek
- tell on
- ihbar etmek
Tom beni ihbar etmekle tehdit etti.
-Tom threatened to tell on me.
O bana ihbar etmekle tehdit etti.
-She threatened to tell on me.
- tell people apart
- ayırt etmek
- tell romantic lies
- romantik yalanlar söyle
- Tell me with whom thou goest and I'll tell thee what thou doest
- (Atasözü) Bana arkadaşını şöyle, sana kim olduğunu söyleyeyim
- tell again
- tekrar söylemek
- tell from
- dan söylemek
- tell good jokes
- Güzel bir fıkra anlatmak
- tell it as it is
- Bir şeyi olduğu gibi söylemek
- tell lie
- yalan söylemek
- tell me
- şöyle bana
- tell me about it
- (deyim) Bilmez mıyım!? Sen onu bir de bana sor
- tell me about it
- Bu konuda bana
- tell me about it
- Bilmem mi!? Sen onu bir de bana sor
- tell of
- anlatmak
- tell of
- azarlamak
talk angrily to someone beacuse they have done something wrong.
- tell off
- azarla
- tell off
- Tell someone off: azarlamak
- tell people/things apart
- insanları/nesneleri birbirinden ayırt etmek
- tell s.o. a thing or two
- k. dili birine çıkışmak
- tell s.o. a thing or two/tell s.o. where to get off
- k. dili birini haşlamak, birine dünyanın kaç bucak olduğunu göstermek
- tell s.t. to s.o. straight
- birine bir şeyi hiç sakınmadan söylemek
- tell sb. about sth
- sb şöyle. hakkında sth
- tell stories
- hikayeler anlatmak
- tell that to the marines
- (deyim) Sen onu benim külahıma anlat!
- tell them apart
- apart onlara
- tell to
- söyler
- tell truth
- Gerçeği söylemek
- tell/say the truth
- / Söylemek söylemek gerçeği
- Tell me another one
- {k} Haydi oradan!/Hadi hadi!/Hadi canım sen de!/Külahıma anlat!
- tell a fib
- yalan söylemek
- tell a fib
- uydurmak
- tell a fib
- atmak
- tell a lie
- yalan söylemek
Yalan söylemek yanlıştır.
-It is wrong to tell a lie.
Yalan söylemek yanlıştır.
-To tell a lie is wrong.
- tell a long rigmarole
- abuk subuk konuşmak
- tell a long rigmarole
- saçma sapan konuşmak
- tell a pack of lies
- bir yığın yalan söylemek
- tell a secret
- sır vermek
- tell a story
- hikâye anlatmak
- tell against
- (bir şey) (birinin) aleyhinde olmak
- tell apart
- {f} ayırdetmek
- tell apart
- {f} farkını söylemek
- tell apart
- {f} ayırt etmek
- tell briefly
- kısa kesmek
- tell fortunes
- fal açmak/bakmak
- tell his fault to his face
- ayıbını yüzüne vurmak
- tell in s.o.'s favor
- (bir şey) birinin lehinde olmak
- tell lies
- yalanlar söylemek
- tell lies
- atmak
- tell me another.
- külahıma anlat
- tell of
- -i anlatmak, -den bahsetmek: The book tells of his adventures in Scotland. Kitap onun İskoçya'daki maceralarından bahsediyor
- tell of
- bir
- tell off
- (deyim) tell someone off azarlamak
- tell off
- görev vermek
- tell off
- (Fiili Deyim ) 1- -e iş vermek 2- azarlamak
- tell off
- iş vermek
- tell off
- sayıp ayırmak
- tell on
- (deyim) tell on someone
- tell on
- (deyim) kötü etkisi olmak
- tell on
- (Fiili Deyim ) -in üzerinde etkisini göstermek
- tell on
- (deyim) ele vermek,gammazlamak,(çoğunlukla çocuklar için kullanılır)
- tell on s.o
- {k} birinin yaptığı olumsuz bir şeyi (başkasına) söylemek: He's gone to tell the teacher on me. Hocaya ne yaptığımı söylemeye gitti
- tell on smb
- ihbar etmek
- tell on smb
- ispiyonlamak
- tell one to one's face
- birinin yüzüne karşı söylemek: Tell him what you think of him to his face. Kendisi hakkında ne düşündüğünü yüzüne karşı söyle
- tell one's beads
- tespih çekmek
- tell one's fortune
- -in falına bakmak
- tell people/things
- insanları/nesneleri birbirinden ayırt etmek
- tell s.o. a thing or
- {k} birini haşlamak, birine dünyanın kaç bucak olduğunu göstermek
- tell s.o. off
- {k} birini azarlamak/haşlamak
- tell s.o.'s fortune
- birinin falına bakmak: Will you tell her fortune? Onun falına bakar mısın?
- tell s.t. to s.o
- birine bir şeyi hiç sakınmadan söylemek
- tell smb. one's mind
- azarlamak
- tell smb. one's mind
- ağzına geleni söylemek
- tell somebody fuck off
- siktir çekmek
- tell somebody his fortune
- falına bakmak
- tell someone flat
- (deyim) acikca soylemek
- tell someone where to get off
- {k} (deyim) kuvvetle elestirmek,dusunduklerini yuzune vurmak
- tell tales
- (Fiili Deyim ) 1- dedikodu yapmak 2- gammazlık etmek
- tell tales
- dedikodu yapmak
- tell the difference
- fark görmek
- tell the difference
- ayırt etmek
- tell the difference
- farkını söylemek
- tell the same thing
- aynı şeyi söylemek
- tell the time
- saati söylemek
- tell the time
- zamanı bildirmek
- tell the world
- herkese duyurmak
- tell the world
- ilan etmek
- tell time
- (the)
- tell time
- saatin kaç olduğunu anlamak: Can Tekin tell the time yet? Tekin şimdi saatin kaç olduğunu anlayabiliyor mu?
- tell time
- (saat) zamanı göstermek
- tell us another
- atma
- tell us another
- palavrayı bırak
- tell which is which
- hangisinin hangisi olduğunu ayırt etmek: I couldn't tell which was which. Hangisinin hangisi olduğunu ayırt edemedim
- to tell the truth
- açıkçası
- telling
- tesirli olarak
- telling
- etkileyici
- to tell the truth
- doğrusu
Doğrusunu söylemek gerekirse, dışarı çıkmaktansa evde kalmayı tercih ederim.
-To tell the truth, I would rather stay at home than go out.
Doğrusunu söylemek gerekirse, onlarla gitmek istemiyorum.
-To tell the truth, I don't want to go with them.
- told
- tell söyle
- told
- söyle
Sana söylediklerimi unutma.
-Don't forget what I told you.
Bana bir CD aldığını söyledi.
-She told me that she had bought a CD.
- blood will tell
- (deyim) armut dibine düşermiş
- blood will tell
- (deyim) armut dibine düşer: insanların nesilleri de kendilerine benzer
- cross tell
- (Askeri) çapraz bilgi aktarımı
- cross tell
- (Askeri) yan söyleme
- from all i can tell
- söylecebileceğim kadarıyla
- tell a lie
- yalan atmak
- tell apart
- birbirinden ayırmak
- tell of
- bahsetmek
- tell the truth
- gerçeği söylemek
- telling
- çarpıcı
- telling
- anlatarak
Neden bize seninle kimin gittiğini anlatarak başlamıyorsun?
-Why don't you start by telling us who went with you?
Bütün gece hayalet hikâyeleri anlatarak uyanık kaldık.
-We stayed awake all night telling ghost stories.
- telling
- anlatma
Tom fıkraları anlatmada iyi değildir.
-Tom isn't good at telling jokes.
Tom fıkra anlatmada iyidir.
-Tom is good at telling jokes.
- telling
- (Askeri) ihbar
- tellingly
- anlatarak
- tellingly
- etkili bir şekilde
- told
- anlatılmak
- told
- söylenmiş
Tom'a daha önce bunu yapmak zorunda olduğu söylenmişti.
-Tom has already been told he has to do that.
Tom'a ne yapması söylenmişse onu yapıyor.
-Tom is only doing what he was told to do.
- do tell!
- Öyle mi?
- telling
- etkili
- telling
- {f} anlat
Onu dolaylı olarak anlatıyorsun, değil mi?
-You are telling it second hand, aren't you?
Tom fıkraları anlatmada iyi değildir.
-Tom isn't good at telling jokes.
- telling
- (duygu/görüş/vb.) açığa çıkaran
- telling
- belirten
- telling
- gösteren
- I should like ...: I should like to tell you I´m sorry
- Senden özür dilemek istiyorum. İ´d like to buy a novel. Roman almak istiyorum
- You would tell her, wouldn´t you?
- 1. Gidip ona yetiştirirsin, değil mi? 2. İlle ona söylersin, değil mi?
- afaict , as far as i can tell
- afaict kadarıyla söyleyebilirim olarak
- kiss and tell
- Öpme ve şöyle
- now you tell me
- bu şimdi mi söylenir
- now you tell me
- şunu önceden söyleseydin ya
- reveal secrets, tell secrets
- Sırları şöyle sırları
- show-and-tell
- (Eğitim) Öğrencilerin sınıfa bir nesne getirip sunumunu yaptıkları öğretim metodu
- tell of
- tell in
- telling
- söylüyordu
- tells
- söylüyor
Herkes bana sorunlarını söylüyor.
-Everybody tells me their problems.
Tom herkese Fransızca konuşamadığını söylüyor fakat doğru değil.
-Tom tells everyone that he can't speak French, but that's not true.
- to tell sb. lies
- sb söylemek. yalan
- to tell you the truth
- Size gerçeği söylemek
- told
- söylemiştim
- telling
- {s} belli eden
- telling
- {i} söyleme
Tom, Mary'ye kötü haberi söylemeyi mümkün olduğu kadar uzun süre erteledi.
-Tom had put off telling Mary the bad news for as long as possible.
Ne zaman hastalanacağımızı söylemek imkansız.
-There is no telling when we will fall ill.
- telling
- (isim) söyleme
- telling
- (Askeri) İHBAR: Hava gözetlemesi ve taktik durumla ilgili esasların, hava savunma birlikleri arasında, haberleşme vasıtasıyla alınıp verilmesi işlemi. Ayrıca bakınız: "track telling"
- telling
- {s} tesirli
- telling
- açığa vuran/etkili
- telling
- tellingly etkili bir şekilde
- telling
- tell söyle
- tellingly
- belirterek/etkili olarak
- told
- f., bak. tell
Related Terms
Turkish - Turkish
Definition of tell in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) Düz yer üstüne yatırmak
- (Osmanlı Dönemi) (C.: Tilâl) Tepe, yığın, küme
English - English
Definition of tell in English English dictionary
- A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements
- To count or enumerate
And in his lap a masse of coyne he told, / And turned vpsidowne, to feede his eye / A couetous desire with his huge threasury.
- To instruct or inform
Please tell me the time.
- To order; to direct
Tell him to go away.
- To convey by speech; to say
He seems to like to tell lies.
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, esp. one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (e.g., a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals (gives away) information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold
- To narrate
I want to tell you a story.
- To be revealed
Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling. Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
- To reveal
Time will tell what became of him.
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish
No, there's no way to tell.
- {v} to relate, utter, inform , report, count, reckon
- {i} family name; William Tell, hero and patriot of Swiss folklore during the early 14th century famous for his skill as an archer; (in Poker game) noticeable change in the conduct of a player that gives clues to said player's hand
- A clue or hint that a player unknowingly gives about the strength of his hand, his next action, etc May originally be from "telegraph" or the obvious use that he "tells" you what he's going to do before he does it
- (sometimes spelled tel) A mound that contains the ruined remains of a human settlement; each layer or level, called a stratum, represents a particular historical period
- You use I'll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation. I tell you what, I'll bring the water in a separate glass
- To pass information by speech
- If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it. A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
- 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) discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
- To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate
- mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate
- To order; to request; to command
- If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech. The facts tell us that this is not true I don't think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future The evidence of our eyes tells us a different story While most of us feel fairly complacent about the nutrients we're getting from our diets, the facts tell a very different story
- To count or enumerate (see teller)
- If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things. I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours How do you tell one from another? I had to look twice to tell which was Martinez; they all looked alike
- To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins
- A gesture or signal unintentionally done by a player that gives other players information about the player's hand For example, a player who twitches when they are bluffing
- If you say `You never can tell', you mean that the future is always uncertain and it is never possible to know exactly what will happen. You never can tell what life is going to bring you
- To have a marked effect
- an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements in the Middle East and Egypt; an ancient garbage dump
- To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform
- To give an account; to make report
- If you tell someone something, you give them information. In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth I only told the truth to the press when the single was released as it seemed the perfect time to do it Tell us about your moment on the summit Her voice breaking with emotion, she told him: `It doesn't seem fair'
- If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret. Many of the children know who they are but are not telling
- If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect. The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps see also telling, kiss and tell
- let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
- To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells
- That which is told; tale; account
- {f} relate; know; discover, discern; command
- 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
- to say something to a particular individual, heard only by them
- narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
- I will tell him so = It is his turn (You'd better tell him so (^^; ) (00/01/02) I told you so A little bird told me Tell it like it is understand; *Yes, I changed my hairstyle How can you tell? *There's no telling what will happen *He will be unable to tell the fake from the real one
- v tell [OE tellan]
- A hill or mound
- discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
- If you tell yourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something. `Come on', she told herself I told myself I would be satisfied with whatever I could get
- A give away sign, especially one used in the game of poker
- a mound in the Middle East over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements
- emphasis You can say `I tell you', `I can tell you', or `I can't tell you' to add emphasis to what you are saying. I tell you this, I will not rest until that day has come This little letter gave us a few chuckles, I can tell you
- give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
- To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge
- To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money
- to tell the time: see time time will tell: see time. A mound, especially in the Middle East, made up of the remains of a succession of previous settlements. Tell Mardikh Tell Asmar Amarna Tell el Tell William
- express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
- If someone disagrees with you or refuses to do what you suggest and you are eventually proved to be right, you can say `I told you so'. Her parents did not approve of her decision and, if she failed, her mother would say, `I told you so.'
- anything that reveals theatrical devices to the audience; an action that tips off the audience that you're "up to something "
- vagueness You use as far as I can tell or so far as I could tell to indicate that what you are saying is based on the information you have, but that there may be things you do not know. As far as I can tell, Jason is basically a nice guy
- If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech. His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke He told his story to The Sunday Times and produced photographs Will you tell me a story?
- If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true. It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered You can tell he's joking
- Tell el-Amarna
- Modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten
- tell all
- To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld
The actress's earthy new book tells all.
- tell apart
- To be able to know the difference between things; to distinguish
They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.
- tell it like it is
- To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation
- tell it to Sweeney
- I do not believe what you said
- tell it to the marines
- I do not believe what you said
- tell me about it
- Used to express agreement and sympathy with previous speaker's statement
We're on the Air Force family planning routine. Mitch's been out of town so much we haven't even had a chance to try and get pregnant. / Tell me about it..
- tell off
- To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, direct way
- tell on
- To inform on; to tattle; to tell someone with authority that someone else has done something wrong; usually somewhat childish
My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.
- tell on
- To cause strain to somebody or something
Years of drinking started to tell on his body.
- tell tales
- To lie, to be making false claims
Don't listen to him, he's telling tales.
- tell the truth
- Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth"
- tell you the truth
- Used to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth"
- tell-all
- That which tells all; revealing everything, particularly what is normally withheld
Open source is a tell-all software development strategy.
- tell-tale compass
- Alternative spelling of telltale compass
- tell the truth
- relay a true sentiment, tell a true story
- tell that to the marines
- (deyim) A scornful expression of disbelief. [referring to the horse marines, an imaginary corps of cavalrymen employed to serve as marines (thus out of their element).]
- Tell el- Amarna
- Ancient city, Egypt. Located midway between Thebes and Memphis on the Nile River, it was built in the 14th century BC by the Egyptian king (pharaoh) Akhenaton, who moved his subjects there in order to found a new monotheistic religion. Artifacts discovered there in the 19th century included hundreds of cuneiform tablets. Archaeological finds of the late 20th century included sculptures and paintings
- tell a lie
- lie, relay a falsehood, not tell the truth
- tell a story
- tell a tale, recount a story
- tell a white lie
- tell a lie about a trivial matter as to not harm or hurt a person
- tell against
- testify against, take the witness stand against
- tell apart
- {f} know the difference between, distinguish
- tell apart
- mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- tell apart
- detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
- tell apart
- If you can tell people or things apart, you are able to recognize the differences between them and can therefore identify each of them. Perhaps it is the almost universal use of flavourings that makes it so hard to tell the products apart
- tell fortunes
- predict the future
- tell it to the marines
- tell it to your grandmother! (it's difficult to believe your stories)
- tell its own tale
- testify against himself, give testimony about his own actions
- tell lies
- tell untruth, fib, speak lies
- tell me about it
- don't I know it!
- tell of
- speak about
- tell off
- reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off
- tell off
- rebuke, reproach, scream at
- tell off
- reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
- tell off
- If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously because they have done something wrong. He never listened to us when we told him off I'm always being told off for being so awkward Dutch police told off two of the gang, aged 10 and 11
- tell on
- produce an affect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs"
- tell on
- produce an affect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs
- tell on
- exhaust, tire; inform on
- tell on
- If you tell on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong. Never mind, I won't tell on you I'll tell my mummy on you
- tell on
- give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- tell one thing from another
- distinguish between different objects
- tell one's fortune
- predict the future
- tell tales
- slander, defame someone; relate many stories (usually exaggerated ones)
- tell tales out of school
- reveal secrets, tell secrets
- tell them apart
- be able to know the difference between two people
- tell to one's face
- say directly to someone
- tell-
- v tell [OE tellan]
- tell-
- A gesture or signal unintentionally done by a player that gives other players information about the player's hand For example, a player who twitches when they are bluffing
- tell-
- let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
- tell-
- express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
- tell-
- inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
- tell-
- give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
- tell-
- anything that reveals theatrical devices to the audience; an action that tips off the audience that you're "up to something "
- tell-
- give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
- tell-
- A clue or hint that a player unknowingly gives about the strength of his hand, his next action, etc May originally be from "telegraph" or the obvious use that he "tells" you what he's going to do before he does it
- tell-
- an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements in the Middle East and Egypt; an ancient garbage dump
- tell-
- 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)
- tell-
- I will tell him so = It is his turn (You'd better tell him so (^^; ) (00/01/02) I told you so A little bird told me Tell it like it is understand; *Yes, I changed my hairstyle How can you tell? *There's no telling what will happen *He will be unable to tell the fake from the real one
- tell-
- discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
- tell-
- to say something to a particular individual, heard only by them
- tell-
- mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
- tell-
- (sometimes spelled tel) A mound that contains the ruined remains of a human settlement; each layer or level, called a stratum, represents a particular historical period
- tell-
- narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
- tell-tale
- Something that is described as telltale gives away information, often about something bad that would otherwise not be noticed. Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering
- Et-Tell
- an archaeological site in Israel popularly thought to be the Biblical city of Ai
- I tell a lie
- I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not
I travelled there in 1996, no, I tell a lie, in 1997.
- can you tell us
- A prefix indicating a polite request
Can you tell us how you will motivate your students to learn?.
- dead men tell no tales
- Once someone is dead, they can no longer communicate, hence killing someone is the best way to keep him/her quiet
- does Macy's tell Gimbel's
- A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another
- don't ask, don't tell
- Canada's policy on anyone leaving the United States during the Vietnam War in order to avoid the military draft
- don't ask, don't tell
- A US military policy governing homosexuality and bisexuality in the military. Basically, any enlistee who is a homosexual cannot divulge this information, on or off duty, while in the military
- don't ask, don't tell, don't harass, don't pursue
- The full name of the U.S. Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy concerning the service of homosexuals in the military as defined in
- kiss and tell
- To betray a confidence by disclosing private information
- kiss-and-tell
- betraying a confidence by disclosing private information
- only time will tell
- Alternative form of time will tell
- pray tell
- Expressing incredulity, please explain (some claim or position the speaker doubts)
But how, pray tell, do you notice something that happens when you're asleep?.
- pray tell
- Please explain (something the requestor does not yet understand)
Pray tell us, how will they fare while you are away?.
- show and tell
- A school activity in which each student brings an item to school and gives a talk on it to the class
- telling
- Counting, numbering
- telling
- revealing information
- telling
- Present participle of tell
- telling
- The act of narration
- telling
- having force
- tellingly
- in a telling manner; convincingly
- time will tell
- The results of an action cannot be known beforehand
This may not be a good idea, but time will tell.
- to tell the truth
- An attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement
- you can't tell a book by its cover
- Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover
- told
- Told is the past tense and past participle of tell
- blood will tell
- (deyim) family characteristics cannot be concealed
- told
- of Tell
- told
- {a} related, mentioned, said, made known
- telling
- {s} striking; effective
- telling
- Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech
- telling
- an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
- telling
- The disclosure of information
- telling
- You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation. There's no telling how long the talks could drag on
- telling
- disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- telling
- serving to convince
- telling
- informing by words
- telling
- disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
- telling
- A telling argument or criticism is a very effective one. The most telling condemnation of the system was that it failed to fulfil its function
- telling
- {i} tale, story
- telling
- If something is telling, it shows the true nature of a person or situation. How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age. = revealing + tellingly tell·ing·ly Most tellingly, perhaps, chimpanzees do not draw as much information from the world around them as we do
- telling
- The telling of a story or of something that has happened is the reporting of it to other people. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga
- telling
- powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling presentation"; "a weighty argument"
- telling
- producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
- tellingly
- in a telling manner; "the plain manner of its style all the more tellingly points up the horror of the case
- tellingly
- effectively, strikingly, forcefully
- tells
- Third person singular simple present form of to tell
- told
- You can use all told to introduce or follow a summary, general statement, or total. All told there were 104 people on the payroll. Past tense and past participle of tell. the past tense and past participle of tell
- told
- past of tell
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Turkish pronunciation
telSynonyms
count, narrate, recount, relate, acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news, call upon, clue in, command, confessPronunciation
/ˈtel/ /ˈtɛl/
Etymology
[ tel ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-Germanic *taljanan, *talzianan (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talan, *talōn (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with English tally (“to count”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”), Old High German zellen (German zählen, “to count”), German erzählen (“to tell, recount”), Old Norse telja (Faroese telja, “to count, tell”). More at tale.Common Collocations
tell off, tell me, tell on, tell of, tell the truth, tell apart, tell a lie, tell you, tell me more, tell tale, tell aboutResimler
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