tell
1. express in words (Freq. 196)
- He said that he wanted to marry her
- tell me what is bothering you
- state your opinion
- state your name
• Syn:
state, say
• Derivationally related forms:
teller, telling, say (for: say), statement (for: state)
• Hypernyms:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
• Hyponyms:
present, represent, lay out, misstate, answer,
reply, respond, precede, preface, premise, introduce,
announce, declare, articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise,
get out, note, observe, mention, remark, add,
append, supply, explain, give, summarize, summarise,
sum, sum up
• Verb Group:
say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They tell that there was a traffic accident
2. let something be known (Freq. 189)
- Tell them that you will be late
• See Also:
tell off
• Derivationally related forms:
tale
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
digress, stray, divagate, wander, bespeak,
betoken, indicate, point, signal, unwrap, disclose,
let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge,
break, give away, let out, spill, talk, publicize,
publicise, air, bare, repeat, reiterate, ingeminate,
iterate, restate, retell, propagandize, propagandise, announce,
annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald, impart, leave,
give, pass on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. narrate or give a detailed account of (Freq. 75)
- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
• Syn:
narrate, recount, recite
• Derivationally related forms:
recital (for: recite), recounting (for: recount), narrative (for: narrate), narration (for: narrate), narrator (for: narrate), tale, teller, telling
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
relate, crack, yarn, rhapsodize, rhapsodise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- They won't tell the story
4. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority (Freq. 60)
- I said to him to go home
- She ordered him to do the shopping
- The mother told the child to get dressed
• Syn:
order, enjoin, say
• Derivationally related forms:
injunction (for: enjoin), order (for: order)
• Hypernyms:
request
• Hyponyms:
direct, instruct, command, require, call,
send for, warn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They tell him to write the letter
5. discern or comprehend (Freq. 27)
- He could tell that she was unhappy
• Hypernyms:
guess, infer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
6. inform positively and with certainty and confidence (Freq. 6)
- I tell you that man is a crook!
• Syn:
assure
• Hypernyms:
affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver,
swan, swear
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
7. give evidence (Freq. 4)
- he was telling on all his former colleague
• Syn:
evidence
• See Also:
tell apart
• Derivationally related forms:
evidence (for: evidence), telling
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
8. mark as different (Freq. 3)
- We distinguish several kinds of maple
• Syn:
distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell apart
• Derivationally related forms:
difference (for: differentiate), differentiation (for: differentiate), differentiator (for: differentiate), distinction (for: distinguish)
• Hypernyms:
identify, place
• Hyponyms:
know, discriminate, know apart, label, sex,
individualize, individualise, contrast, severalize, severalise, contradistinguish,
decouple, dissociate, demarcate, separate, single out, stratify
• Entailment:
compare
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something from somebody
|
|
