told

American  

[tohld] / toʊld /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of tell.

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idioms

1. all told, counting everyone or everything; in all.

   There were 50 guests all told.

told British  

/ təʊld /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of tell 1

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adjective

1. See all told

told More Idioms  

1. see all told; I told you so; little bird told me. also see under tell.

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Other Word Forms

• well-told
  adjective

Example Sentences

A new Netflix documentary, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough has followed the family - whose members are descendants of Pablo, the cheeky, curious, young gorilla captured on camera in 1978.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Mr. Junod’s “In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man” is one of the great literary tributes to a complex paterfamilias in recent memory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Told largely through footage filmed by the hundreds of terrified villagers who gathered below, the film showcases how the ubiquity of the cellphone and connections to social media affect the way that events unfold.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Told entirely from Indy’s perspective, every frame of “Good Boy” either features Indy or a dog’s eye view of the action – with only a few calculated exceptions.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025

“But have you called him? Sent him pictures? Told him to come visit?”

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

Related Words

• declared
• disclosed
• issued
• released
• reported