told

CEFRA1

/təʊld/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past form of tell, meaning gave information or instruction.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Acronym of take-off and landing data

Examples

  • I did it because he told me to.

  • I told them to send me another ticket.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d]
  • /tɛlt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of tell

More examples

In context

  • The last person I told my idea to thought I was nuts.

  • A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The spy blank the secret information to the enemy agent during the meeting.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.