Tale
[teɪl] or [tel]
Definition
(n.) See Tael.
(v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
(v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
(v. i.) A count or declaration.
(v. i.) To tell stories.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Story, fable, legend, narrative, relation, apologue, parable, novel, romance.[2]. Account, count, reckoning.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Story, narrative, incident, fiction, fable, romance, legend, recital, anecdote,relation,[See {[piu-ue ]?}]
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Definition
n. a narrative or story: a fable: what is told or counted off: number: reckoning.—v.i. (obs.) to speak.—n. Tale′-bear′er one who maliciously tells tales or gives information.—adj. Tale′-bear′ing given to tell tales or give information officiously.—n. act of telling secrets.—adj. Tale′ful abounding with stories.—n. Tale′-tell′er one who tells stories esp. officiously.—Be in a (or one) tale to be in full accord; Old wives' tale any marvellous story appealing to one's credulity; Tell one's (or its) own tale to speak for one's self or itself; Tell tales to play the informer; Tell tales out of school to reveal confidential matters.
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Examples
- Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvellous fiction, delightful sometimes, and sad sometimes, almost always unreal. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All the preface, sir; the tale is yet to come. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Père Silas is no romanciSt. Shall I tell Monsieur the tale? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This tale, therefore, shall be rapidly unfolded. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I will proceed with my tale. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The tale will be out next week. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Even in Greece the tale of the sun of darkness encreased the fears and despair of the dying multitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I do frequently; when the gestures or looks of a pair seem telling a tale: it amuses me to watch them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Let four maps of Poland tell the tale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would of course instantly strike him that he must get rid of the tell-tale garments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was neither tale nor poem, neither essay nor history; it neither sung, nor related, not discussed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I will tell anybody who asks me questions, this exact tale. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale; and your looks remind me to proceed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Ah, thereby hangs a rather painful tale. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wonder whether he has been trying any of his traveller's tales on us? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Of what tales are you speaking? Plato. The Republic.
- When I was a very little girl, Mr. Moore, my nurse used to tell me tales of fairies being seen in that Hollow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There you are right, he replied; but if any one asks where are such models to be found and of what tales are you speaking--how shall we answer him? Plato. The Republic.
- Such tales may possibly have a mystical interpretation, but the young are incapable of understanding allegory. Plato. The Republic.
- I took a book--some Arabian tales; I sat down and endeavoured to read. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- We're not going to hear any of those tales. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And here are Crabbe's Tales, and the Idler, at hand to relieve you, if you tire of your great book. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The sceptic will object,—Fairy tales! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She didn't like dolls, fairy tales were childish, and one couldn't draw all the time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I never thought it would go where it could tell tales, said Jo, tearing up the verses the Professor had treasured so long. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But, like the Kings and Queens in the Fairy Tales, I suppose you have wished for one? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But he was ambitious, and when he was sixteen, a friend having brought him glowing tales of the great cotton-mills in the fast-growing city of Lowell, he decided to seek his fortune there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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