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told

Definition for told

adjective as in announced

adjective as in explained

Strong matches

elucidated, interpreted, related

adjective as in mentioned

adjective as in numbered

adjective as in oral

adjective as in professed

Strongest match

stated

adjective as in rumored

Strongest match

reputed

Strong matches

broadcast, bruited, circulating, gossiped, prevailing, said

adjective as in spoken

adjective as in stated

Strongest matches

certain, declared, fixed

Strong match

settled

Weak match

regular

adjective as in verbal

Strongest matches

rhetorical, unwritten

Weak matches

exact, expressed, lexical, lingual, literal, oral, phrasal, said, stated, verbatim, word-for-word, word-of-mouth

adjective as in warned

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Example Sentences

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"The White House had learned that if the phone is on 'do not disturb' mode, if you ring three times it lets you through," Stubb told reporters.

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"They held off for 10 days," Republican Senator John Thune told reporters, referring to the White House.

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"They told us that the world had become infidel and godless, and only martyrdom would take a person to heaven," he says.

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"I don't know if I'm shy. I think I'm socially inept," she recently told Canadian DJ Tara Sloane.

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Sir Keir told Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky that the UK, France and Germany were "united in wanting to drive progress towards using the full value of the immobilised Russian sovereign assets to end the war".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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