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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

Silver’s decline “syncs up with the warning lights we are seeing in the energy markets — with persistently high energy prices virtually certain to slow the economy, or worse,” Gleason told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

“They told me, ‘the dogs don’t bite, they’re good dogs,’” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It never gets old,” Boucher told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

He told the BBC he had set up the event companies C-Side Sounds and Strictly Grooves to "push music locally" in these spaces.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

She told my parents that she sensed a mystical presence when she first laid eyes on me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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