tell
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/tɛl/]
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1. tell (verb) — sense 1
Definition: Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving: To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].
Example: All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.
2. tell (verb) — sense 2
Definition: Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving: To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)
Example: I can tell that you're thrilled.
3. tell (verb) — sense 3
Definition: Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving: To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.): To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)
Example: An expert can tell an original from a forgery.
4. tell (noun) — sense 4
Definition: 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.
5. tell (noun) — sense 5
Definition: A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
Example: Those whose business it is to verify luxury bags insist, at least publicly, that there’s always a “tell” to a superfake.
6. tell (noun) — sense 6
Definition: That which is told; a tale or account.
Example: April 4, 1743, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
I am at the end of my tell.
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