told

Meaning

simple past and past participle of tell

tell

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

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Synonyms

said

communicated

narrated

described

spoken

declared

ordered

related

revealed

fit to be said

addressed

made to hear

announced

directed

informed

made known

mentioned

Translations

detto

gesagt

dit

vertelden

berichtete

gotî

verteld

vertelde

disse

dicho

مخبر

dijo

berichten

erzählen

erzählte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/təʊld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tolde

Inherited from Old English: tealde

In summary

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 told him that was what I had come here to learn .

Mary told me that she got to meet up with you while she was back in San Francisco .

She is told she can train there , but not compete in actual fights .

" There are rumors of tribal wars ," he told them .

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

Different versions of this engagement are told .