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tale
[ teyl ]
noun
- a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
a tale about Lincoln's dog.
- a literary composition having the form of such a narrative.
- a falsehood; lie.
- a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue.
- the full number or amount.
- Archaic. enumeration; count.
- Obsolete. talk; discourse.
tale
/ ٱɪ /
noun
- a report, narrative, or story
- one of a group of short stories connected by an overall narrative framework
- a malicious or meddlesome rumour or piece of gossip
to bear tales against someone
- ( in combination )
talebearer
taleteller
- a fictitious or false statement
- tell tales
- to tell fanciful lies
- to report malicious stories, trivial complaints, etc, esp to someone in authority
- tell a taleto reveal something important
- tell its own taleto be self-evident
- archaic.
- a number; amount
- computation or enumeration
- an obsolete word for talk
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tale1
Idioms and Phrases
see old wives' tale ; tall tale ; tell tales ; thereby hangs a tale .Example Sentences
It's really made Canada a cautionary tale about what not to be.
And the creators are perhaps too enthralled by the oddity of his tale.
This is a tale James Gillespie kept hearing.
Many see it as just the latest chapter in an age-old tale of U.S. aggression.
Given that his old ally Hegseth fired him and is now recommending he be prosecuted, Caldwell’s tale doesn’t pass the laugh test.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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