English > tell: 9 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | Express in words / words. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | They tell that there was a traffic accident |
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| Example | "tell me what is bothering you" |
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| Synonyms | state, say |
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| Narrower | add, append, supply | state or say further |
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| announce, declare | announce publicly or officially |
| answer, reply, respond | React verbally |
| articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise | Express or state clearly |
| declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| declare | make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official |
| explain | define |
| get out | Express with difficulty |
| give | convey or reveal information |
| misstate | state something incorrectly |
| note, observe, mention, remark | make mention of |
| precede, preface, premise, introduce | Furnish with a preface or introduction |
| present, represent, lay out | bring forward and present to the mind |
| summarize, summarise, sum, sum up | Be a summary of |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to | articulate |
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| Similar to | say | state as one's opinion or judgement |
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| Spanish | afirmar, contar, decir, declarar, manifestar, sentenciar |
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| Catalan | afirmar, declarar, dir, manifestar, sentenciar |
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| Nouns | teller | someone who tells a story |
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| telling | informing by words |
English > tell: 9 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Let something be known. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Example | "Tell them that you will be late" |
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| Narrower | announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald | foreshadow or presage |
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| bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal | Be a signal for or a symptom of |
| digress, stray, divagate, wander | Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject / subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking |
| impart, leave, give, pass on | Transmit (knowledge or skills) |
| propagandize, propagandise | subject / subject to propaganda |
| publicize, publicise, air, bare | make public |
| repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell | To say, state, or perform again |
| spill, talk | reveal information |
| unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
| Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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| See also | tell off | reprimand |
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| Spanish | decir |
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| Catalan | dir |
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| Nouns | tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
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English > tell: 9 senses > verb 4, communication| Meaning | Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | They tell him to write the letter |
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| Synonyms | order, enjoin, say |
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| Narrower | call, send for | Order, request, or command to come |
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| command, require | make someone do something |
| direct | command with authority |
| instruct | Give instructions or directions for some task |
| prescribe | (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription |
| warn | ask to go away |
| Broader | request | ask (a person) to do something |
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| Spanish | decir, declarar, encargar, imponer, indicar, mandar, ordenar, sentenciar |
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| Catalan | declarar, manar, ordenar, sentenciar |
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English > tell: 9 senses > verb 8, cognition| Meaning | mark as different. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
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| Synonyms | distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell apart |
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| Entails | compare | Examine and note the similarities or differences of |
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| Narrower | contradistinguish | distinguish by contrasting qualities |
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| contrast | put in opposition to show / show or emphasize differences |
| decouple, dissociate | regard as unconnected |
| demarcate | separate clearly, as if by boundaries |
| discriminate, know apart | recognize or perceive the difference |
| discriminate, separate, single out | treat differently on the basis of sex / sex or race |
| have the distinction | Be distinguished from others of a similar type by virtue of a notable characteristic |
| individualize, individualise | make or mark or treat as individual |
| know | Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different |
| 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 |
| severalize, severalise | distinguish or separate |
| sex | tell the sex (of young chickens) |
| stratify | divide society into social classes or castes |
| Broader | identify, place | recognize as being |
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| Spanish | deslindar, diferenciar, discernir, distinguir |
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| Catalan | diferenciar, discernir, discriminar, distingir |
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