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  • past tense form of tell.
  • past participle of tell.
Definitions

told

[tohld] / toʊld /


ADJECTIVE
explained
Synonyms
STRONG






ADJECTIVE
professed
Synonyms




ADJECTIVE
stated
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
warned
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Last year, she told The Times that Bass is the most progressive mayor in city history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"To some degree, you have to hit rock bottom to learn," he told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Altmann is now urging a shift to a short-term tactically cautious view on U.S. stocks, he told a Barclays podcast on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“The examples you give to support that,” Roberts told the solicitor general, “strike me as very quirky.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“I told you to devote more time to yoga. No one listens,” she says as she searches high and low in her locker for her German textbook.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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