noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The suspect's nervous fidgeting was a clear tell; he was trying to hide something about the missing money. " mind action communication police character game tendency sign essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which is told; a tale or account. Examples : "The teacher's tell about the history of the Roman Empire was very interesting. " story literature communication essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper. Examples : "In the online chat room, the teacher's tell about the upcoming test was a whisper, meant only for Sarah. " communication internet computing technology essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. Examples : "All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth." number math language essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To discern, notice, identify or distinguish. Examples : "The detective could tell the suspect was lying by the way his eyes darted around. " mind action ability communication language sensation essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing. Examples : "The student had to tell the teacher about the classmate who cheated on the test. " communication police law essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show Examples : "The teacher told the class that the project was due next Friday. " literature writing language style essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements. Examples : "The archaeologists carefully studied the tell, hoping to learn more about the ancient city buried beneath it. " archaeology history geography essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading