told

told · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "tell"; communicated information.

  2. 2.

    Ordered or instructed in the past.

  3. 3.

    Revealed or disclosed.

Related words

Antonyms: concealed, hid
See also: informed, tell, telling
Synonyms: informed, narrated, related

Etymology

Past tense and past participle of "tell," from Old English "tellan" meaning "to count, calculate, reckon, recount, narrate." The form "told" preserves an irregular vowel pattern from Old English.