told

Meaning

simple past and past participle of tell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təʊld/

Etymology

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.

Sentences

" I was in tears , shaking ," she told the faculty .

Different versions of this engagement are told .

Ogilvy told him everything that he had seen .

'And this is what your son said , ' the angel told the man .

The book that most interested the boy told the stories of the famous alchemists .