tale
IPA: tˈeɪɫ
noun
- A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
- A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
- (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
- An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- (obsolete) Number; tally; quota.
- (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
- (obsolete) Speech; language.
- (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
- (law, obsolete) A count; declaration.
- (rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
- (rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
- Alternative form of tael [Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.]
verb
- (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
- (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.
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Examples of "tale" in Sentences
- The tale culmunated at the end.
- Here comes the twist in the tale.
- There are numerable unearthly tales.
- It is the tale of Fitz Chivalry Farseer.
- Consider the tale of the tainted berries.
- It tells the tale of the eponymous spinster.
- The story is reminiscent of the tale of Polyphemus.
- The bygone story begins with the tale of an apple seedling.
- The story is based on the Greek tale of Europa and the bull.
- The story of the first ascent makes a memorable and harrowing tale.
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