Meaning & use
told
Communicated information, an instruction, or a story to someone, usually by speaking.
See it in a sentence
She told her friend about the surprise party in a hushed voice.
He told the children a bedtime story about a brave little fox.
A note on using this word
Past tense and past participle of 'tell'; takes an indirect object ('told her'), unlike 'said,' which does not.
Words with a similar meaning
informedrelated
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Words with an opposite meaning
concealed
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