tell time
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tell time
Where it comes from
From tell in the sense of “count”.
verb tells time · telling time · told time · tell the time
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To measure time, to determine the current time.
Ancient civilizations told time at night by the passage of stars.
Similar: keep time
- To read the time as displayed on an analog clock. He couldn't tell time until he was in his teens.
Translations
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verb to measure time
| Français | donner l'heure, chronométrer |
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verb to read a clock
| Português | ler as horas |
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| Français | donner l'heure, dire l'heure |
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title = {tell time},
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