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Engelsk navneord: Tell | |||
| 1. | Tell (om person) a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | William Tell | ||
| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | archer, bowman | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: tell | |||
| 1. | tell (om kommunikation) express in words | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He said that he wanted to marry her. Tell me what is bothering you. State your opinion. State your name. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They tell that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | say, state | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | add, announce, answer, append, articulate, declare, declare, declare, enunciate, explain, get out, give, introduce, lay out, mention, misstate, note, observe, precede, preface, premise, present, remark, reply, represent, respond, sum, sum up, summarise, summarize, supply, vocalise, vocalize | ||
| Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | say | ||
| 2. | tell (om kommunikation) let something be known | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Tell them that you will be late. | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inform | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | air, announce, annunciate, bare, bespeak, betoken, break, bring out, digress, disclose, discover, divagate, divulge, expose, foretell, give, give away, harbinger, herald, impart, indicate, ingeminate, iterate, leave, let on, let out, pass on, point, propagandise, propagandize, publicise, publicize, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, reveal, signal, spill, stray, talk, unwrap, wander | ||
| 3. | tell (om kommunikation) narrate or give a detailed account of | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Tell what happened. The father told a story to his child. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They won't tell the story | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | narrate, recite, recount | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inform | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | crack, relate, rhapsodise, rhapsodize, yarn | ||
| 4. | tell (om kommunikation) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I said to him to go home. She ordered him to do the shopping. The mother told the child to get dressed. | ||
| Eksempler på anvendelse | They tell him to write the letter | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | enjoin, order, say | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | request | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | call, command, direct, instruct, require, send for, warn | ||
| 5. | tell (om erkendelse) discern or comprehend | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He could tell that she was unhappy. | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | guess, infer | ||
| 6. | tell (om kommunikation) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I tell you that man is a crook!. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | assure | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody of something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify | ||
| 7. | tell (om kommunikation) give evidence | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He was telling on all his former colleague. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | evidence | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | inform | ||
| 8. | tell (om erkendelse) mark as different | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We distinguish several kinds of maple. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell apart | ||
| Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | identify, place | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | contradistinguish, contrast, decouple, demarcate, discriminate, discriminate, dissociate, individualise, individualize, know, know apart, label, label, separate, severalise, severalize, sex, single out, stratify | ||
| Kan forårsage | compare | ||
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