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tell
verb as in communicate
Strongest matches
advise, announce, confess, declare, disclose, explain, express, inform, instruct, mention, notify, order, report, reveal, say, speak, state, summon
Strong matches
acquaint, apprise, authorize, bid, command, direct, divulge, enjoin, impart, leak, level, proclaim, recite, represent, require, utter
Weak matches
break the news, call upon, clue in, fill in, give facts, give out, keep posted, lay open, leave word, let in on, let know, let slip, make known, open up, put before, reel off, spit it out
verb as in narrate, describe
verb as in understand, discern
Strong matches
ascertain, clinch, comprehend, deduce, determine, differentiate, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, perceive, recognize
Weak matches
verb as in carry weight
Weak matches
have effect, have force, make presence felt, make presence known, take effect, take its toll
Example Sentences
Families are being priced out of living in London due to rising costs and a lack of social housing, the London Assembly has been told.
As a teenager, Yang told his parents: "One day, I want to win the Nobel Prize."
To my kids, I would often pick up a size five football and tell them: 'This ball here has taken me around the world and given me an amazing life.'
In September, Charlotte was told she was cancer free, but needs regular scans for the rest of her life as she is deemed high risk.
She told them her father had always been opposed to the Nazis and had helped save the Eisners, who she described as great friends, from the Holocaust.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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