tell
verb (used with object)
to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.).
will tell
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future tenseof tell.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Related: ‘Time will tell whether that was a good bet’: My adviser got me a full SpaceX IPO allocation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sometime next spring, the Supreme Court will tell him, and the rest of us, whether it does.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
For an LLM, every question you ask is important and insightful, or so it will tell you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Things have reached the point, she said, “where many climatologists will tell you there is now no heat wave that hasn’t been exacerbated in some way by climate change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
She starts chanting, "May I tell your fortune? Step up, and me and my wise parrot will tell you what the future holds!"
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
