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Tell

/tel/
To inform someone about something, often by speaking or writing.

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Examples:

She has told me about Huntingdon and her terrible marriage.

'I can only obey you if he tells me to.'

'Are these witnesses telling the truth, Mr Poirot?'

Etymology:

etymology
Old English tellan meaning to count or calculate, related to Dutch tellen and German zählen.

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