how to pronounce tells

/ˈtɛlz/

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tells is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… and so what it tells you is that the …”

meanings of tells

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tell.

noun:

Plural of tell.

name:

Plural of Tell.

tells frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word tells occurs in english on average 88.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tells 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 tells can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;