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

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

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Example Sentences

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told

CEO Jamie Dimon previously told the board the structure would cost $4 billion to build, and a source said the bank didn't go over budget.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"I don't actually think of my injuries when I'm on the board - I just forget that I have them," he told BBC Scotland News.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"It's not just Cape Town, it's the entire South Africa," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

“We have well-defined buckets as to how much we want to hold, and we’re also hedging some of those exposures as well,” Citizens Chief Executive Bruce Van Saun told analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Sancho, saddened by those tears, told him that his master would pay for all the damage.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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