telling

telling /'teliɳ/
  • tính từ
    • mạnh, có hiệu quả, đích đáng, đanh thép
      • a telling shot: một phát bắn có kết quả
      • a telling argument: một lý lẽ đanh thép
      • a telling blow: một đồn đích đáng

Xem thêm: relation, recounting, apprisal, notification, tattle, singing, revealing, telltale(a), cogent, weighty, impressive, Tell, William Tell, state, say, narrate, recount, recite, order, enjoin, say, assure, evidence, distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell apart



telling

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • an act of narration; relation, recounting

    he was the hero according to his own relation

    his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable

  • informing by words; apprisal, notification
  • disclosing information or giving evidence about another; tattle, singing

    adj.

  • disclosing unintentionally; revealing, telltale(a)

    a telling smile

    a telltale panel of lights

    a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down

  • powerfully persuasive; cogent, weighty

    a cogent argument

    a telling presentation

    a weighty argument

  • producing a strong effect; impressive

    gave an impressive performance as Othello

    a telling gesture

    n.

  • a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap); Tell, William Tell

    v.

  • express in words; state, say

    He said that he wanted to marry her

    tell me what is bothering you

    state your opinion

    state your name

  • let something be known

    Tell them that you will be late

  • narrate or give a detailed account of; narrate, recount, recite

    Tell what happened

    The father told a story to his child

  • give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; order, enjoin, say

    I said to him to go home

    She ordered him to do the shopping

    The mother told the child to get dressed

  • discern or comprehend

    He could tell that she was unhappy

  • inform positively and with certainty and confidence; assure

    I tell you that man is a crook!

  • give evidence; evidence

    he was telling on all his former colleague

  • mark as different; distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell apart

    We distinguish several kinds of maple


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: apprisal cogent impressive notification recounting relation revealing singing tattle telltale(a) weighty
tells|told|telling
syn.: assert comment communicate convey declare express impart inform mention note recite relate remark say state utter voice

ant.: hear