tale
/ˈteɪl/
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement
- plural
- tales
Meanings
- 1
A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story
No one has ever been there and lived to tell the tale.
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR
She again told tales out of school.
Tatoeba · Manfredo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration
- 3
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
- 4
A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse
- 5
The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victimrare
- 6
Number; tally; quotarare
- 7
Account; estimation; regard; heedrare
- 8
Speech; languagerare
- 9
A count; declarationrare
- 10
A number of things considered as an aggregate; sumrare