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Definition and meaning of tale
Definitions
tale (n.)
1.a false statement
2.a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people"the divorce caused much gossip"
3.a trivial lie"he told a fib about eating his spinach" "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
4.a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program"his narrative was interesting" "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
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Merriam Webster
TaleTale (?), n. See Tael.
TaleTale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell, v. t., Toll a tax, also Talk, v. i.]
1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. “The tale of Troy divine.” Milton. “In such manner rime is Dante's tale.” Chaucer.
We spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. xc. 9.
2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight. Hooker.
And every shepherd tells his tale,
Under the hawthornn in the dale. Milton.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. Carew.
3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.]
To tell tale of, to make account of. [Obs.]
Therefore little tale hath he told
Of any dream, so holy was his heart. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.
TaleTale (?), v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower.
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Synonyms
tale (n.)
account, anecdote, chronicle, comment, exaggeration, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fiction, gossip, invention, legend, lie, myth, narration, narrative, piece of gossip, rumor, scuttlebutt, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tradition, untruth, yarn, fib (colloquial)
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See also
tale (n.)
↘ backbite, bitch, chatterbox, chatty, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, defile, delusive, delusory, disgrace, dishonour, dish the dirt, gossip, gossip about, gossiper, gossipmonger, gossipy, maligner, misleading, newsmonger, newsy, rumormonger, rumourmonger, scandalmonger, slanderer, spiteful gossip, tarnish, tittle-tattling ↗ evidence, fib, lie, tell a fib, tell a lie, tell lies ≠ true statement, truth
Phrases
⇨ fairy tale • fairy-tale • folk tale • heroic tale • old wives' tale • tall tale
⇨ A Canterbury Tale • A Cantor's Tale • A Chairy Tale • A Fairy Tale • A Fairy Tale of New York • A Fork in the Tale • A Knight's Tale • A Prehistoric Tale • A Redwall Winter's Tale • A Snoodle's Tale • A Summer's Tale • A Tale Of 2 Cities • A Tale Of the Tontlawald • A Tale of Love and Histeria • A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs, and the Death of Rock N Roll • A Tale of Springtime • A Tale of Time City • A Tale of Two Cities • A Tale of Two Cities (1911 film) • A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) • A Tale of Two Cities (1946 film) • A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film) • A Tale of Two Cities (Lost) • A Tale of Two Cows • A Tale of Two Mice • A Tale of Two Santas • A Tale of Two Sisters • A Tale of Winter • A Tale of a Tub • A True Tale of Robin Hood • A Twist in the Tale • A Twist in the Tale (TV series) • A Twist in the Tale (book) • A Wicked Tale • A Winter's Tale (song) • Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • Amorality Tale • An American Tale • An Autumn's Tale • Atrocity tale • Autumn Tale • Bearskin (German fairy tale) • Buttercup (fairy tale) • Cinderella (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • Crystal's Pony Tale • Ephesian Tale • Faerie Tale Theatre • Fairy Tale (Michael Wong album) • Fairy Tale Forest • Fairy Tale High • Fairy Tale Of New York • Fairy tale • Father Frost (fairy tale) • Faustian Tale • Fisher's Tale • Gnasher's Tale • Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • Griffin's Tale • Haeckel's Tale • Hansel and Gretel (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • Historical tale • Life Is Not a Fairy Tale • List of Faerie Tale Theatre episodes • Living to Tell the Tale • Lord Peter (fairy tale) • Milesian tale • My Tale Is Hot • Napple Tale • Old wives' tale • Oswald's Tale • Petar Tale • Prunella (fairy tale) • Rebecca's Tale • Shark Tale • Shark Tale (video game) • Sleeping Beauty (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • Sylvan Tale • Tale Spinnin' • Tale of Cinema • Tale of Heiji • Tale of Kieu • Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok's sons • Tale of Revenge • Tale of Sinuhe • Tale of Tales (film) • Tale of Two Sisters • Tale of the Goat • Tale of the Greenlanders • Tale of the Tape • Tale of the Troika • Tale of the eagle • Tall tale • Tattle Tale • The Bard's Tale (1985 video game) • The Bard's Tale Construction Set • The Bear (fairy tale) • The Biographer's Tale • The Blue Bird (fairy tale) • The Blue Mountains (fairy tale) • The Canon's Yeoman's Tale • The Cat's Tale • The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco • The Cook's Tale • The Crystal Ball (fairy tale) • The Dancing Princesses (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • The Dolphin (fairy tale) • The Faery Tale Adventure • The Flea (fairy tale) • The Franklin's Tale • The Glass Mountain (fairy tale) • The Green Knight (fairy tale) • The Handmaid's Tale • The Handmaid's Tale (film) • The Handmaid's Tale (opera) • The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother • The Juniper Tree (fairy tale) • The Knight's Tale • The Lecturer's Tale • The Lighthouse's Tale • The Little Mermaid (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale) • The Madman's Tale • The Merchant's Tale • The Miller's Tale • The Monk's Tale • The Old Wives' Tale • The Parson's Tale • The Pilgrim's Tale • The Plowman's Tale • The Princess and the Pea (Faerie Tale Theatre episode) • The Ram (fairy tale) • The Red Shoes (fairy tale) • The Riddle (fairy tale) • The Robber Bridegroom (fairy tale) • The Seamstress (A Tale of Two Cities) • The Shadow (fairy tale) • The Shipman's Tale • The Summoner's Tale • The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen • The Tale of Beren and Luthien • The Tale of Beren and Lúthien • The Tale of Despereaux • The Tale of Genji • The Tale of Genji (manga) • The Tale of Ginger and Pickles • The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich • The Tale of Igor's Campaign • The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck • The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse • The Tale of Little Pig Robinson • The Tale of Melibee • The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher • The Tale of Mr. Tod • The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle • The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse • The Tale of Ruby Rose • The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding • The Tale of Satampra Zeiros • The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin • The Tale of Tom Kitten • The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov) • The Tale of the Body Thief • The Tale of the Dead Princess • The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights • The Tale of the Eagle • The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies • The Tale of the Four Dervishes • The Tale of the Fox • The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra • The Tale of the Hoodie • The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan • The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda • The Tale of the Priest and his Worker, Balda • The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda • The Tale of the Queen Who Sought a Drink From a Certain Well • The Tale of the Shifty Lad, the Widow's Son • The Tale of the Stone Flower (Prokofiev) • The Tale of the Ticker • The Tale of the White Serpent • The Tell Tale Heart • The Tell-Tale Heart • The Tell-Tale Heart (1953 film) • The Tell-Tale Message • The Three Sisters (fairy tale) • The Truth-Teller's Tale • The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island • The Water of Life (German fairy tale) • The Water of Life (Spanish fairy tale) • The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby • The White Dove (Danish fairy tale) • The Wife of Bath's Tale • The Winter's Tale • The Witch (fairy tale) • The Witch's Tale • Thirteenth (fairy tale) • Tiger Tale • Tommy's Tale • Whale's Tale Water Park • Young Wives' Tale
Analogical dictionary
tale (n.)
tale; fib; lie; falsehood; falsity; untruth[ClasseHyper.]
public statement, statement[Hyper.]
fib, lie, tell a fib, tell a lie, tell lies[Nominalisation]
falsify - distort, falsify, garble, pervert, twist, warp - false - false[Dérivé]
true statement, truth[Ant.]
tale (n.)
gossip; piece of gossip[ClasseHyper.]
account, report[Hyper.]
narrate, recite, recount, tell - evidence, tell[Nominalisation]
dish the dirt, gossip[Dérivé]
tale (n.)
propos, ce qu'on dit (paroles ou écrits) (fr)[Classe]
account; story[Classe]
Histoire (fr)[termes liés]
(book; volume; needlework; embroidery; fancywork)[termes liés]
tale (n.)
partie d'un discours (fr)[Classe]
relation orale ou écrite d'un événement (fr)[Classe]
narrative; narration; story; tale[ClasseHyper.]
content, message, subject matter, substance[Hyper.]
tell - narrate, recite, recount, tell - narrate[Dérivé]
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