tell

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

tells

V_ing/Gerund

telling

V_ed/pp

toldtelled

1.
Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving
2.
Social senses of communicating
3.
Abstract senses related to showing or revealing

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

tells

1.
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
2.
(informal)A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
3.
(archaic)That which is told; a tale or account.
April 4, 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I am at the end of my tell.
4.
(Internet)A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
5.
(archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

count reckon enumeratetell onnumber narrate recount relate advise apprise disclosemake knowngrass upsnitch tattlenarrate narrate, recount, relate

Trái nghĩa

askto instruct or inform ask

Cùng gốc / liên quan

dead giveaway

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English tellen (to count, tell), from Old English tellan (to count, tell), from *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (to count, enumerate), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talō (number, counting), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (calculation, fraud).