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told

Definition for told

adjective as in announced

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declared, disclosed, issued, released, reported

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broadcast, circulated, communicated, divulged, publicized, revealed

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declared publicly, made public

adjective as in explained

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elucidated, interpreted, related

adjective as in legendary

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fabled, fabulous, mythical, storied

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allegorical, apocryphal, created, customary, doubtful, dubious, fabricated, fanciful, figmental, handed-down, imaginary, imaginative, improbable, invented, mythological, related, romantic, traditional, unhistoric, unhistorical, unreal, unverifiable

adjective as in manifest

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glaring, palpable, unambiguous, unmistakable

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bold, clear-cut, disclosed, divulged, evidenced, evinced, open, patent, plain, revealed, shown

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apparent, big as life, conspicuous, crystal clear, distinct, evident, noticeable, prominent, straightforward, visible

adjective as in mentioned

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cited, quoted, specified, voiced

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communicated, considered, declared, discussed, intimated, named, revealed, suggested

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brought up, made known, referred to, spoken of

adjective as in numbered

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categorized, checked, contained, counted, designated, doomed, enumerated, fated, fixed, included, indicated, marked, specified, totalled

adjective as in oral

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lingual, sonant, vocal

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articulate, ejaculatory, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sounded, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced, word-of-mouth

adjective as in professed

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acknowledged, announced, declared, pledged

adjective as in rumored

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broadcast, bruited, circulating, gossiped, prevailing, said

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all over town, given out, going around, rife

adjective as in spoken

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announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, mentioned, said, voiced

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lingual, oral, phonetic, unwritten, verbal

adjective as in spoken

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announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, mentioned, said, uttered, voiced

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lingual, oral, phonetic, phonic, put into words, sonant, traditional, unwritten, verbal, viva voce

adjective as in stated

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certain, declared, fixed

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adjective as in verbal

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rhetorical, unwritten

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

adjective as in warned

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advised, cautioned, informed, notified

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Example Sentences

Told by reporters about Campbell’s remorse for not giving him a game ball on such a special night, Goff laughed.

From Los Angeles Times

Told his new music doesn’t betray much of his operatic training, he says, “That’s good — I’m not trying to be Josh Groban. I don’t want it to sound too technical.”

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Her newest manuscript, “Bargains: A Coming of Aging Memoir Told in Tales,” is seeking a publisher.

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Told to move under a canopy of lanterns, I’m warned that any of those around me could be a participant, and I try to blend in, browsing for a place to eat.

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Told he gave Solomon the drugs that killed her, Linder said, “No way.”

From Los Angeles Times

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