Topicala
Topicala is a simple, small, meta-search engine, that helps You find the sites you need. Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.
Search [?]  
Dictionary Results For "telling" [?]/[OPML]
Ads By Google
Wiktionary Articles [RSS] - [GNU, www.Wiktionary.org]

English

Pronunciation


Adjective

  1. having force
  2. revealing information
  3. serving to convince


Verb

telling


Noun

  1. The act of narration
  2. The disclosure of information


----

Dutch

Etymology

tellen + -ing#Dutch|-ing

Noun

{{infl|nl|noun|g=f|plural|tellingen|cat=nouns ending in -ing}}

  1. counting, count


Derived terms


fr:telling io:telling ku:telling hu:telling simple:telling te:telling vi:telling

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tell \Tell\ (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Told (t[=o]ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Telling.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number,
speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z[aum]hlen, OHG.
zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak,
t[ae]lle to count. See Tale that which is told.]
1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to
enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell
money. "An heap of coin he told." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

He telleth the number of the stars. --Ps. cxlvii.
4.
[1913 Webster]

Tell the joints of the body. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]

2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
narrate.
[1913 Webster]

Of which I shall tell all the array. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
[1913 Webster]

Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
--Gen. xii.
18.
[1913 Webster]

4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
teach; to inform.
[1913 Webster]

A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

5. To order; to request; to command.
[1913 Webster]

He told her not to be frightened. --Dickens.
[1913 Webster]

6. To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to
find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color
ends and the other begins.
[1913 Webster]

7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
estimate. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I ne told no dainity of her love. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Tell, though equivalent in some respect to speak and
say, has not always the same application. We say, to
tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the
reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never
say, to tell a speech, discourse, or oration, or to
tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in
commands; as, tell me the whole story; tell me all you
know.
[1913 Webster]

To tell off, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
-- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet telling
adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale
panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the
water marked where the boat went down" [syn: revealing,
telltale(a)]
2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent, weighty]
3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance
as Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive]
n 1: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident
eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, recounting]
2: informing by words [syn: apprisal, notification]
3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn: tattle, singing]
Moby Dictionary
absolute , accounting , acid , adducible , admissible , agitating ,
announcement , armipotent , attestative , attestive , authentic ,
authoritative , based on , biting , breathtaking , celebrated , census ,
certain , charged , charismatic , charming , circumstantial ,
cliff-hanging , cogent , conclusive , consequential , considerable ,
conspicuous , conveyance , convincing , corrosive , counting ,
cumulative , cutting , dactylonomy , damning , decisive , determinative ,
disclosure , disquieting , distinguished , distracting , disturbing ,
documentary , documented , driving , dynamic , effective , effectual ,
efficacious , electric , eminent , enchanting , energetic , enumeration ,
esteemed , estimable , evidential , evidentiary , ex parte ,
exceptional , exciting , exhilarating , extraordinary , eye-witness ,
factual , final , firsthand , foliation , forceful , forcible ,
founded on , galvanic , giving , grounded on , gutsy , heady , hearsay ,
heart-expanding , heart-stirring , heart-swelling , heart-thrilling ,
high-potency , high-powered , high-pressure , high-tension ,
impartation , imparting , impartment , imperative , implicit ,
important , impressive , in force , in power , incisive ,
incontrovertible , indicative , indisputable , inflammatory ,
influential , intoxicating , inventorying , irrefutable , irresistible ,
jarring , jolting , maddening , magnetic , marked , material ,
measurement , memorable , mighty , mighty in battle , mind-blowing ,
momentous , mordant , moving , narration , narrative , nervous , noble ,
notable , noteworthy , notification , numbering , numeration ,
nuncupative , of mark , operative , outstanding , overcoming ,
overmastering , overpowering , overwhelming , pagination , penetrating ,
personable , persuasive , perturbing , piercing , piquant , poignant ,
potent , powerful , prepotent , prestigious , presumptive , probative ,
prominent , provocative , provoking , publication , puissant , punchy ,
quantification , quantization , rare , ravishing , recital , recountal ,
recounting , rehearsal , relation , reliable , remarkable ,
rememberable , reputable , retelling , review , ruling , salient ,
satisfactory , satisfying , sensational , sharing , signal ,
significant , sinewed , sinewy , slashing , solid , soul-stirring ,
sound , special , spirit-stirring , stimulating , stimulative ,
stirring , striking , strong , suasive , substantial , suggestive , sure ,
suspenseful , suspensive , symptomatic , tale-telling , tallying ,
tantalizing , thrilling , thrilly , transfer , transference ,
transmission , transmittal , trenchant , troubling , unforgettable ,
unsettling , upsetting , valid , vigorous , vital , weighty , winning ,
yarn spinning


Created By Paul Kinlan. Web Hosting by SwitchMedia.