tale in English dictionary

  • tale

    Meanings and definitions of "tale"

    • (obsolete) Number.
    • (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
    • (obsolete) Speech; language.
    • (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
    • (law, obsolete) A count; declaration.
    • (rare or archaic) Numbering; enumeration; reckoning; account; count.
    • (rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
    • (rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
    • An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
    • a type of story.
    • A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
    • (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
    • (dialectal, chiefly Scottish) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
    • noun
      Alternative form of [i]tael[/i]
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Number.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Account; estimation; regard; heed.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Speech; language.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
    • noun
      (law, obsolete)
      A count; declaration.
    • noun
      (rare or archaic)
      Numbering; enumeration; reckoning; account; count.
    • noun
      (rare or archaic)
      A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
    • noun
      (rare or archaic)
      A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
    • noun
      An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
    • noun
      A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
    • noun
      A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
    • noun
      (slang)
      The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark (sense 3.3) of a confidence game.
    • verb
      (dialectal or obsolete)
      To speak; discourse; tell tales.
    • verb
      (dialectal, chiefly Scotland)
      To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
    • type of story
    • noun
      a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
    • noun
      a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

    Synonyms of "tale" in English dictionary

    substance, narration, prevarication are the top synonyms of "tale" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of tale

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza tale, lm  liczba mnoga tales
    • tale ( third-person singular simple present tales, present participle taling, simple past and past participle taled)
    • tale ( plural  tales)
    • tale (plural tales)
    • tale (third-person singular simple present tales, present participle taling, simple past and past participle taled)
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