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told

Definition for told

adjective as in announced

adjective as in explained

Strong matches

elucidated, interpreted, related

adjective as in mentioned

adjective as in numbered

adjective as in oral

adjective as in professed

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stated

adjective as in rumored

Strongest match

reputed

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broadcast, bruited, circulating, gossiped, prevailing, said

adjective as in spoken

adjective as in stated

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certain, declared, fixed

Strong match

settled

Weak match

regular

adjective as in verbal

Strongest matches

rhetorical, unwritten

Weak matches

exact, expressed, lexical, lingual, literal, oral, phrasal, said, stated, verbatim, word-for-word, word-of-mouth

adjective as in warned

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Example Sentences

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In the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, a driver had told AFP on Monday that "fruit is rotting" in trucks.

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"For all of us, as parents or students who have been through situations like this, it would have been extremely traumatic," he told reporters.

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He repeatedly told Ford to get off his property.

“I’m just going to go out there,” he told himself, “and do what I can to help all these guys that have worked their butts off.”

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The prosecutor told the judge the government believes Essayli’s term will end Feb. 24 and that afterward the role of acting U.S. attorney will remain vacant.

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