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

Cooper told BBC Breakfast the situation was "deeply stressful" for those affected.

From BBC

"None of our governments have survived their full terms in office in decades. These are historic elections," Nishchal N Pandey, director of the Centre for South Asian Studies in Nepal, told the BBC.

From BBC

“Israel borders Egypt, and I grew up with so many stories about Cleopatra, and she’s like a household name,” she told the Hong Kong version of the fashion publication.

From MarketWatch

Grimes told the BBC there was "no stopping anybody" making applications for social housing in County Durham, though figures he provided suggested the majority of people on the waiting list already lived in the county.

From BBC

BBC Wales was told it would hold it later in the year instead.

From BBC

Related Words

• declared
• disclosed
• issued
• released
• reported