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Noun

a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)

Synonyms

• Tell
• William Tell

Verb

mark as different

Synonyms

• differentiate
• distinguish
• secern
• secernate
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• tell
• tell apart

More generic

• identify
• place

More specific

• contradistinguish
• contrast
• decouple
• demarcate
• discriminate
• dissociate
• have the distinction
• individualise
• individualize
• know
• know apart
• label
• separate
• severalise
• severalize
• sex
• single out
• stratify

Related

• compare

Verb

discern or comprehend

Synonyms

• tell

More generic

• guess
• infer

Verb

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Synonyms

• enjoin
• order
• say
• tell

More generic

• request

More specific

• call
• command
• direct
• instruct
• prescribe
• require
• send for
• warn

Verb

let something be known

Synonyms

• tell

More generic

• inform

Also See

• tell off

More specific

• air
• announce
• annunciate
• bare
• bespeak
• betoken
• break
• bring out
• digress
• disclose
• discover
• divagate
• divulge
• expose
• foretell
• give
• give away
• harbinger
• herald
• impart
• indicate
• ingeminate
• iterate
• leave
• let on
• let out
• pass on
• point
• propagandise
• propagandize
• publicise
• publicize
• reiterate
• repeat
• restate
• retell
• reveal
• signal
• spill
• stray
• talk
• uncover
• unwrap
• wander

Verb

narrate or give a detailed account of

Synonyms

• narrate
• recite
• recount
• tell

More generic

• inform

More specific

• crack
• relate
• rhapsodise
• rhapsodize
• yarn

Verb

give evidence

Synonyms

• evidence
• tell

More generic

• inform

Also See

• tell apart

Verb

express in words

Synonyms

• say
• state
• tell

More generic

• express
• give tongue to
• utter
• verbalise
• verbalize

More specific

• add
• announce
• answer
• append
• articulate
• declare
• enunciate
• explain
• get out
• give
• introduce
• lay out
• mention
• misstate
• note
• observe
• precede
• preface
• premise
• present
• remark
• reply
• represent
• respond
• sum
• sum up
• summarise
• summarize
• supply
• vocalise
• vocalize

Related

• say

Verb

inform positively and with certainty and confidence

Synonyms

• assure
• tell

More generic

• affirm
• assert
• aver
• avow
• swan
• swear
• verify

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