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tells of

tells of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tell of.

Meaning of tell of

Verb

tell of (third-person singular simple present tells of, present participle telling of, simple past and past participle told of)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To inform (someone) about (something).
    • He tells of his adventures abroad.

Questions about tells of

What is tells of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tells of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tell of.

Words near tells of in the dictionary

  1. tells fortunes
  2. tells it like it is
  3. tells it to the hand
  4. tells its own tale
  5. tells noses
  6. tells of
  7. tells off
  8. tells on
  9. tells someone where to get off
  10. tells someone where to shove it
  11. tells tales

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tells of (page history and authors); tell of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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