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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

See Examples For:

told

"We're not the finished article," Root told BBC Test Match Special.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“I feel like if you start to crack the code, then you’re probably in trouble,” Cregger told us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

But according to Engelhardt, it doesn’t matter that the Environmental Protection Agency told New Yorkers not to worry and breathe it all in.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

I was trying to schedule a hip MRI on both hips when the imaging center told me my coverage was “not active.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

It’s exactly why I’d never come out and told him about my feelings in the first place.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Related Words

• declared
• disclosed
• issued
• released
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