how to pronounce tell

/ˈtɛl/

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tell is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of tell in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… going on you want to tell us about or no …”

meaning of tell

Tell means to inform or to give information to someone.

tell frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word tell occurs in english on average 402.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tell can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tell can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;