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  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["a]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.
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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.
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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 \Tell"ing\, a.
     Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
     -- Tell"ing*ly, adv.
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  Tell \Tell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Told; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Telling.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin
     to D. tellen to count, G. z["a]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.
  
              He telleth the number of the stars.   --Ps. cxlvii.
                                                    4.
  
              Tell the joints of the body.          --Jer. Taylor.
  
     2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to
        narrate.
  
              Of which I shall tell all the array.  --Chaucer.
  
              And not a man appears to tell their fate. --Pope.
  
     3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
  
              Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
                                                    --Gen. xii.
                                                    18.
  
     4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to
        teach; to inform.
  
              A secret pilgrimage, That you to-day promised to
              tell me of?                           --Shak.
  
     5. To order; to request; to command.
  
              He told her not to be frightened.     --Dickens.
  
     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.
  
     7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to
        estimate. [Obs.]
  
              I ne told no dainity of her love.     --Chaucer.
  
     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.
  
     To tell off, to count; to divide. --Sir W. Scott.
  
     Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform;
          acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite.

  Telling \Tell"ing\, a.
     Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech.
     -- Tell"ing*ly, adv.

  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]

  telling
     Dutch n.
     counting, count
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     counting, a count (q: act of counting)

  telling
     a.
     1 (senseid en effective) Having force, or having a marked effect;
  weighty, effective.
     2 (senseid en revealing) revealing information; bearing significance.
     3 (senseid en convincing) serving to convince.
     vb.
     (present participle of en tell nocat=1)
     n.
     1 The act of narration.
     2 The disclosure of information.
     3 (lb en archaic) counting, numbering.
     4 (lb en usually in the negative) Ability to determine.

  telling
     Dutch n.
     counting, count
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     counting, a count (q: act of counting)

  telling
     Dutch n.
     counting, count
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     counting, a count (q: act of counting)

  telling
     Englanti a.
     paljonpuhuva, kuvaava
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t ell ing)

  telling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en tell ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb tell)

  Telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  الإخبار

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/ 
  vyprávění

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/ 
  vyprávějící

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  erzählend, berichtend, sagend
        "You're telling me! (I'm well aware of it)"  - Wem sagst Du das?, Wem sagen Sie das? (Ich kenne das nur allzu gut)
   see: tell, told, untold, Tell me …, it is said, legend has it, This is not necessarily so.
  

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  sagen könnend, ersehend, erkennend
   see: be able to tell sth., told, Do tell me!, How do I tell if …?, He might have been lying. I couldn't tell., You can never tell what his next reaction will be., It's hard to tell how long things will take., She might like it or not. You never can tell with females., As far/near as I can tell, he is happy at his new job., The moment my parents walked in, I could tell that things were not going well., I could tell from her tone of voice that Kim was disappointed., They look exactly the same. How can you tell which is which?, You can tell a lot about a person by the kind of car they drive., I hope you cannot tell this by looking at me., You can't tell by looking at someone if they have an infection., You can tell he's English from a mile away., You can tell by their face how straining it is., You can tell by his accent that he doesn't come from around here., You can tell by her voice that she's got a cold., I can definitely tell a difference between the two sauces.
  

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  vielsagend, aufschlussreich 
           Note: verräterisch

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  wirkungsvoll, eindrucksvoll, schlagend 
        "with telling effect"  - mit durchschlagender Wirkung

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  
  αποκαλυπτiκός, αφήγηση, αποκαλυπτοκός

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/ 
  1. प्रभाव~पूर्ण
        "In the exhibition ,his was a telling painting among other posters."

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  informacija, iskaz

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  1. elbeszélés
  2. kifecsegés
  3. megolvasás
  4. hatásos
  5. kibeszélés
  6. megszámolás
  7. elmesélés
  8. lebeszélés
  9. elhíresztelés
  10. sokatmondó
  11. átszámolás
  12. elmondás

  telling /'telıŋ/
  1. pasakojimas
  2. efektingas, įspūdingas, ryškus, stiprus, smarkus
  3. bylojantis, liudijantis, iškalbingas

  telling /ˈtelɪŋ/ 
   1.  skuteczny
   2.  wymowny, wiele mówiący

  telling /tˈɛlɪŋ/
  1. tesirli, etkili .tellingly  etkili bir şekilde, tesirli olarak.

  telling /tɛliŋ/
  recensement

  
/ˈtɛɫɪŋ/

  219 Moby Thesaurus words for "telling":
     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
  
  

  a. 有效的,显著的;
  vbl. 告诉,讲;

     a. 有效的,显著的,生动的