tell
Noun
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same as: william tell
Verb
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is a type of: express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noisesubtypes:
- lay out, present, represent - bring forward and present to the mind
- misstate - state something incorrectly
- answer, reply, respond - react verbally
- introduce, precede, preface, premise - furnish with a preface or introduction
- announce, declare - announce publicly or officially
- articulate, enunciate, vocalise, vocalize - express or state clearly
- get out - express with difficulty
- declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
- declare - make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official
- mention, note, observe, remark - make mention of
- add, append, supply - state or say further
- explain - define
- give - convey or reveal information
- sum, sum up, summarise, summarize - be a summary of
verb group: say - state as one's opinion or judgement; declare -
is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event tosubtypes:
- digress, divagate, stray, wander - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal - be a signal for or a symptom of
- break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- spill, talk - reveal information
- air, bare, publicise, publicize - make public
- ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again
- propagandise, propagandize - subject to propaganda
- announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger, herald - foreshadow or presage
- give, impart, leave, pass on - transmit (knowledge or skills)
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is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event tosubtypes:
- relate - give an account of
- crack - tell spontaneously
- yarn - tell or spin a yarn
- rhapsodise, rhapsodize - recite a rhapsody
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is a type of: request - ask (a person) to do somethingsubtypes:
- direct - command with authority
- instruct - give instructions or directions for some task
- command, require - make someone do something
- call, send for - order, request, or command to come
- warn - ask to go away
- prescribe - (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription
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is a type of: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as truesame as: assure
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is a type of: inform - act as an informersame as: evidence
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entail: compare - examine and note the similarities or differences ofsubtypes:
- know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- discriminate, know apart - recognize or perceive the difference
- label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
- label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
- sex - tell the sex (of young chickens)
- individualise, individualize - make or mark or treat as individual
- contrast - put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
- have the distinction - be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic
- severalise, severalize - distinguish or separate
- contradistinguish - distinguish by contrasting qualities
- decouple, dissociate - regard as unconnected
- demarcate - separate clearly, as if by boundaries
- discriminate, separate, single out - treat differently on the basis of sex or race
- stratify - divide society into social classes or castes
same as: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell apart
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