tell

Definition

Examples

Please tell the receptionist that your appointment is at ten.

Word Family

Synonyms

• informimpart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
• notifyinform (somebody) of something
• narrateprovide commentary for a film, for example

Collocations

• Easy tell the truth
  to tell the truth, meaning to express in words
• Medium tell staff about the upcoming policy revision
  to tell staff about the upcoming policy revision, meaning to express in words
• Hard hard data will tell whether the strategy worked
  describing hard data will tell whether the strategy worked (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
• Very Hard tell tales out of school regarding closed-door summits
  to tell tales out of school regarding closed-door summits, meaning to express in words