telling
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Definitions oftelling
- (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
Example: "All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth."
- To narrate.
Example: "I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story."
- To convey by speech; to say.
Example: "Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies."
- To instruct or inform.
Example: "Please tell me how to do it."
- To order; to direct, to say to someone.
Example: "Tell him to go away."
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
Example: "Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell."
- To reveal.
Example: "Time will tell what became of him."
- To be revealed.
- To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
Example: "Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell."
- To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
Example: "I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!"
- (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
Example: "Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing."
- Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
Example: "a telling blow"
- Revealing information; bearing significance.
Example: "a telling smile"
- Serving to convince.
Example: "telling evidence"
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