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Results for: "telling"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

tell — to pass information
→ mówić impf
→ powiedzieć pf
→ rzec pf
tell — to discern, notice, identify or distinguish
→ rozpoznać
→ odróżnić
tell — to instruct
→ kazać
→ polecić

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (3)

1. an act of narration;
- Example: "he was the hero according to his own relation"
- Example: "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
[syn: relation, telling, recounting]

2. informing by words;
[syn: telling, apprisal, notification]

3. disclosing information or giving evidence about another;
[syn: tattle, singing, telling]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. disclosing unintentionally;
- Example: "a telling smile"
- Example: "a telltale panel of lights"
- Example: "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"
[syn: revealing, telling, telltale(a)]

2. powerfully persuasive;
- Example: "a cogent argument"
- Example: "a telling presentation"
- Example: "a weighty argument"
[syn: cogent, telling, weighty]

3. producing a strong effect;
- Example: "gave an impressive performance as Othello"
- Example: "a telling gesture"
[syn: impressive, telling]