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told^¹

/təʊld/ UK
[ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d] UK
[ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d] UK
/tɛlt/ Northumbria, UK
/tɛld/ Northumbria, UK
/toʊld/ US
/tɐʉld/ Australia, New Zealand
[tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d] Australia, New Zealand

Sounds like tolled · Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.

verb telled · telt · tol'

participle, past simple past and past participle of tell A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.
Similar: telt

TOLD^²

noun TOLDs

abbreviation, acronym Acronym of take-off and landing data

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: added, advised, affirmed, alerted, announced, answered, apprised, argued, asked, asserted, assured, betrayed, blabbed, briefed, called, cautioned

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@misc{told_2026,
  title = {told},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/told},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}