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English noun: tale | |||
| 1. | tale (communication) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | ||
| Samples | His narrative was interesting. Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children. | ||
| Synonyms | narration, narrative, story | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, folk tale, folktale, nursery rhyme, sob story, sob stuff, tall tale, tearjerker | ||
| Instance hyponym | Canterbury Tales | ||
| 2. | tale (communication) a trivial lie | ||
| Samples | He told a fib about eating his spinach. How can I stop my child from telling stories?. | ||
| Synonyms | fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lie, prevarication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, fairytale, song and dance | ||
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