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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

Example Sentences

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told

Angela Rayner, the secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, told the BBC she was "appalled by the horrific rise of antisemitism in the UK".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

I told her to stick with her $95-a-year British Airways Chase card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The mall in the town of Kashima was apparently gutted by a gas explosion, a government source told the Kyodo news agency, collapsing ceilings and walls.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

But the BBC has been told he will announce he is speeding up the Casey Commission, an independent review led by Baroness Louise Casey which will draw up recommendations to deliver a National Care Service.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Corps members are divided by skill—writers, interpreters, and artists—and are told to develop messages that urge the town’s inhabitants to come down from the nearby hills and mountains where they have sought refuge.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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