telling

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an act of narration
  2. noun informing by words
  3. noun disclosing information or giving evidence about another

Etymology

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.

Synonyms

relation, recounting

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