telling — meaning in English

English meaning

• account noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
• count verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.

Senses

telling is used for these senses in English:

• account (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
• count The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
• count The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.

account — full definition

1. noun A written or spoken description of events; a report.
2. noun A record of money held at a bank, or of a person's access to a service.
3. verb To give a satisfactory explanation for something (usually with "for").

count — full definition

1. verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.
2. verb To matter or be of significance.
3. noun The total reached by counting; a tally.
4. noun A nobleman ranking below a duke and above a baron in some European countries.

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