Tell Time Definition

verb

To measure time , to determine the current time.

Ancient civilizations told time at night by the passage of stars.
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To read the time as displayed on a clock.

He couldn't tell time until he was in his teens.
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Origin of Tell Time

  • From tell in the sense of “count".

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