English Explanatory Dictionary

tell time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To measure time, to determine the current time.
  2. To read the time as displayed on an analog clock.

Word forms

tell time tells time telling time told time tell the time

Etymology

From tell in the sense of “count”.

Synonyms

keep time
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