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Pronounce Tell as T EH L L.

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    Tell phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'tell'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of tell: /tɛll/
    • Modern IPA representation of tell: /tɛll/

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    List of meaning for tell

    to communicate information or facts

    Tell, William Tell(verb)

    a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

    state, say, tell(verb)

    express in words

    "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

    tell(verb)

    let something be known

    "Tell them that you will be late"

    tell, narrate, recount, recite(verb)

    narrate or give a detailed account of

    "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

    order, tell, enjoin, say(verb)

    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

    "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

    tell(verb)

    discern or comprehend

    "He could tell that she was unhappy"

    assure, tell(verb)

    inform positively and with certainty and confidence

    "I tell you that man is a crook!"

    tell, evidence(verb)

    give evidence

    "he was telling on all his former colleague"

    distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart(verb)

    mark as different

    "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

    to give an oral or written account of in some detail

    they told the story of how they had met

    to express (a thought or emotion) in words

    just tell us what is in your heart

    to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added

    who can tell the number of grains of sand in the world?

    to give information to

    tell me, when did you begin playing the violin?

    to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

    told us to sit still and wait

    to make known (as information previously kept secret)

    I won't tell your secret to anyone

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    Translation found for tell

    tell in sentence

    1. Right before the war broke out, a messenger arrived on horseback to tell the people that the British army was coming.

    2. While I am good at writing verses, I prefer to tell my stories through prose.

    3. Everyone could tell that I had been crying because my puffy eyes had bags under them.

    4. Can you tell me how the expenditure of time on the "tiny" project has exceeded 3,500 hours?

    5. The first-time speaker was introduced to the crowd who could tell that the woman was nervous about being on stage.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term tell

    I'm going to tell NATO: You've got to start paying your bills. The United States is not going to take care of everything, they kill us on trade.

    – Donald Trump

    There’s no need to distract the public’s attention from the essence of the problem by raising some minor issues connected with the search for who did it, but I want to tell you again, I don’t know anything about it, and on a state level Russia has never done this.

    – Russian President Vladimir Putin

    Sending these children and their families to Nauru is not the Australian way ... It's wrong. Medical professionals tell us this. Humanitarian agencies tell us this.

    – Daniel Andrews

    She said Spencer Stone put Spencer Stone finger on her husband's wound and spoke to Spencer Stone :' Hey man, so tell me where you're from. So you are from Virginia ? I'm from California. Everything will be OK.' yes, I'm sure because he lost a tremendous amount of blood, and it saved his life.

    – Isabelle Risacher Moogalian

    The voters picked (Trump.) He beat Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush and everybody else, he won the delegates. My place … is to call balls and strikes and just play it by the rules. So it is not my job to tell delegates what to do or what not to do or to weigh in on things like that.

    – House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan

    He is asserting something that the order does not say on its face, he may be correct, but you sure cannot tell what he says from the order's wording.

    – Carl Tobias

    I cannot tell you the times that older people told me they were skeptical over the EU but their kids were telling them to vote Yes.

    – Janerik Larsson

    I can’t tell you how disheartening it is to hear a very important issue being bandied about as a political football, i would ask we focus on solutions rather than political banter.

    – Sarah Saldana

    One of the most documented risk factors for having lead exposure is a kid living in a house that was built before the 1978 ban on lead paint, and we tell ourselves, 'well, California is new. It doesn't have old structures.'.

    – Eric Roberts

    If you can tell me how to win a war without getting ships sunk and people killed, I would like to know about it.

    – William F. Halsey

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