告诉 — meaning in English

English meaning

• BID verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
• tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.

Senses

告诉 is used for these senses in English:

• bid (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
• let know (ditransitive) To inform (someone) (of something).
• say to oneself (transitive) To think (a statement); to reflect (that).
• tell (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.

BID — full definition

1. verb To offer a specific amount of money for something, especially at an auction.
2. noun An offer of a price, or a formal offer to carry out a piece of work.
3. noun An attempt or effort to achieve something.

tell — full definition

1. verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.
2. verb To narrate or recount, as in telling a story.
3. verb To order or instruct someone to do something.
4. verb To know or work out something, often by noticing small clues.
5. verb To inform an authority figure about someone's wrongdoing.

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