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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

Strongest match

stated

adjective as in rumored

Strongest match

reputed

Strong matches

broadcast, bruited, circulating, gossiped, prevailing, said

adjective as in spoken

adjective as in stated

Strongest matches

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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The Conservative leader told BBC Newsnight that the UK could be forced to go "cap in hand" to the IMF unless the government delivers a plan for economic growth.

From BBC

The party's general secretary Hollie Ridley told Labour MPs that it was essential that "we will remain mindful that the Labour Party's primary duty is to serve the country",

From BBC

She was constantly told to ditch the tinted glasses she's needed since the age of six.

From BBC

It has now passed the National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Essentials certification – the audit that an insider told the BBC it had failed in the build up to the hack.

From BBC

"We never have that kind of mindset about ourselves in the sense that, we're not rigid in how we go about things," McCullum told the For the Love of Cricket podcast.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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