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telling
(encz) | telling,prozrazující adj: Pino |
telling
(encz) | telling,působivý n: argument ap. Pino |
telling
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telling
(encz) | telling,účinný adj: Pino |
telling
(encz) | telling,všeříkající adj: Pino |
telling
(encz) | telling,výmluvný adj: Pino |
telling
(encz) | telling,vyprávějící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
telling
(encz) | telling,vyprávění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Telling
(gcide) | 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.
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He telleth the number of the stars. --Ps. cxlvii.
4.
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Tell the joints of the body. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
narrate.
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Of which I shall tell all the array. --Chaucer.
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And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
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3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
--Gen. xii.
18.
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4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
teach; to inform.
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A secret pilgrimage,
That you to-day promised to tell me of? --Shak.
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5. To order; to request; to command.
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He told her not to be frightened. --Dickens.
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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.
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7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
estimate. [Obs.]
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I ne told no dainity of her love. --Chaucer.
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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.
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To tell off, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
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Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
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Telling
(gcide) | Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
-- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
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telling
(wn) | 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, telling, telltale(a)]
2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent,
telling, weighty]
3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as
Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive, telling]
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, telling,
recounting]
2: informing by words [syn: telling, apprisal,
notification]
3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn:
tattle, singing, telling] |
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foretelling
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fortune telling
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fortune-telling
(encz) | fortune-telling, |
fortunetelling
(encz) | fortunetelling, |
storytelling
(encz) | storytelling,vyprávění n: Jakub Kolčář |
telling-off
(encz) | telling-off, |
tellingly
(encz) | tellingly,výmluvně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Foretelling
(gcide) | Foretell \Fore*tell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foretold; p. pr. &
vb. n. Foretelling.]
To predict; to tell before occurence; to prophesy; to
foreshow.
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Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. --Pope.
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Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster
of his character. --C.
Middleton.
Syn: To predict; prophesy; prognosticate; augur.
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Fortune telling
(gcide) | Fortune \For"tune\ (f[^o]r"t[-u]n; 135), n. [F. fortune, L.
fortuna; akin to fors, fortis, chance, prob. fr. ferre to
bear, bring. See Bear to support, and cf. Fortuitous.]
1. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner;
chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or
deified power regarded as determining human success,
apportioning happiness and unhappiness, and distributing
arbitrarily or fortuitously the lots of life.
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'T is more by fortune, lady, than by merit. --Shak.
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O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle.
--Shak.
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2. That which befalls or is to befall one; lot in life, or
event in any particular undertaking; fate; destiny; as, to
tell one's fortune.
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You, who men's fortunes in their faces read.
--Cowley.
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3. That which comes as the result of an undertaking or of a
course of action; good or ill success; especially,
favorable issue; happy event; success; prosperity as
reached partly by chance and partly by effort.
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Our equal crimes shall equal fortune give. --Dryden.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
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His father dying, he was driven to seek his fortune.
--Swift.
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4. Wealth; large possessions; large estate; riches; as, a
gentleman of fortune.
Syn: Chance; accident; luck; fate.
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Fortune book, a book supposed to reveal future events to
those who consult it. --Crashaw.
Fortune hunter, one who seeks to acquire wealth by
marriage.
Fortune teller, one who professes to tell future events in
the life of another.
Fortune telling, the practice or art of professing to
reveal future events in the life of another.
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fortunetelling
(gcide) | fortuneteller \for"tune*tel`ler\ n.
a person who claims to be able to foretell events in the
future of another person.
Syn: fortune teller, fortune-teller.
-- for"tune*tel`ling, n.
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Mistelling
(gcide) | Mistell \Mis*tell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mistold; p. pr. & vb.
n. Mistelling.]
To tell erroneously.
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Story-telling
(gcide) | Story-telling \Sto"ry-tell`ing\, a.
Being accustomed to tell stories. -- n. The act or practice
of telling stories.
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Telling
(gcide) | 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.
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He telleth the number of the stars. --Ps. cxlvii.
4.
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Tell the joints of the body. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
narrate.
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Of which I shall tell all the array. --Chaucer.
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And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
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3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
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Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
--Gen. xii.
18.
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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.
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5. To order; to request; to command.
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He told her not to be frightened. --Dickens.
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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.
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7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
estimate. [Obs.]
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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.
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To tell off, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
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Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.
[1913 Webster]Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
-- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
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Tellingly
(gcide) | Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
-- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
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foretelling
(wn) | foretelling
n 1: a statement made about the future [syn: prediction,
foretelling, forecasting, prognostication]
2: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling] |
fortune telling
(wn) | fortune telling
n 1: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy)
by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling] |
fortunetelling
(wn) | fortunetelling
n 1: the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for
payment) |
tellingly
(wn) | tellingly
adv 1: in a telling manner; "the plain manner of its style all
the more tellingly points up the horror of the case" |
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