tale
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
the Canterbury Tales
- 2.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- 3.
(slang)The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
- 4.
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
Don't tell tales!
- 5.
(obsolete)Number; tally; quota.
- 6.
(obsolete)Account; estimation; regard; heed.
- 7.
(obsolete)Speech; language.
- 8.
(obsolete)A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
- 9.
(obsolete)(law, obsolete) A count; declaration.
- 10.
(archaic, rare)(rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
- 11.
(archaic, rare)(rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
- 12.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of tael.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(dialectal, obsolete)(dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
- 2.
(Scotland, dialectal)(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
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From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (tale, series, calculation), from *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (calculation, number), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (to reckon, count).