# told

Pronunciation: say "TOHLD" US /toʊld/, UK /təʊld/, AUS /tɐʉld/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of tell. — simple past and past participle of tell
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of tell. Use this form for something you said to someone earlier.
   - _He told the children to stay close during the museum trip._
   - _The new hires were told to report to the front desk by nine._

## Origin

"Told" is the past tense of "tell." It comes from Middle English tolde or talde, from Old English tealde, going back to Proto-Germanic *taljaną ("to count; tell"): essentially "tell" plus the past-tense ending.

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