tell

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To count, reckon, or enumerate.
2. To narrate, to recount.
3. To convey by speech; to say.
4. To instruct or inform.
5. To order; to direct, to say to someone.
6. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
7. To reveal.
8. To be revealed.
9. To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
10. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
11. To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
12. To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

vertellen

zeggen

verordenen

debiteren

belasten met

instrueren

opdracht geven

tell

op de hoogte stellen

voorschrĳven

becommentariëren

vragen om

articuleren

discuteren

declare

disclose

talk to

give an account

give an account of

say to

tell to

make known to

preach to

answer

relate to

demand

secernate

severalise

spread the news

leave word

tell a story

without stopping

pass on by word of mouth

plead a case

from mouth to mouth

refer to

talk away

tell story

be effective

express in words

lecture on

let on

make a statement

make public

negociate

read to

report to

sing for

take notice

tell about

tell lies

tell of

tip off

start talking

conspire with

come forward with information

undrape

give word

cause to know

reveal secrets

announce to

communicate the news

pass on the information

tell an untruth

advise of

smitch

have a conversation

make a humble remark

offer one’s statements

let one know

give instructions to

tell someone

embrass

address

blab out

declare oneself

denounce

have an effect

pass along

point to

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɛl/

From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talǭ (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tälle (“to say; tell”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”) and Dutch vertellen (“to tell”), Low German tellen (“to count”), German zählen, Faroese telja. More at tale.