Tale - English meaning

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

Usage examples:

A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

noun

A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

Usage examples:

After leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company

noun

A statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal

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The allegations of corruption were not true.

noun

A statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but which has not been proved to be true

Usage examples:

Allegation about sth the chief executive of the company resigned last autumn over allegations about…

noun

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Usage examples:

Pilgrim's progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey

noun

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

Usage examples:

He told anecdotes about his job

noun

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the past history of a nation.

Usage examples:

Happily did he write epics according to ancient rule; no one was impressed.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of an epic or epics.

Usage examples:

Our national epic poem beowulf

noun

A book or movie that is long and contains a lot of action, usually about a subject from the past

Usage examples:

The iliad is the most famous greek epic., an epic struggle to achieve equality for african americans

noun

A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

Usage examples:

The fable of the sick lion and the wary fox

verb

Tell fictitious tales.

Usage examples:

I do not dream nor fable

noun

A short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters

Usage examples:

Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant.

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

verb

Light informal conversation for social occasions

noun

Information received from other people which cannot be substantiated; rumour.

Usage examples:

According to hearsay, bez had managed to break his arm

noun

Information you have heard that might or might not be true

Usage examples:

The court cannot accept evidence based on hearsay and rumor.

noun

A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated.

Usage examples:

The legend of king arthur

adjective

Very well known.

Usage examples:

His speed and ferocity in attack were legend

noun

An old story or set of stories from ancient times, or the stories that people tell about a famous event or person

Usage examples:

[ u ] cajun legend suggests that white alligators are a symbol of prosperity., louis armstrong is a…

noun

A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty of a libel on a liverpool inspector of taxes

verb

Defame (someone) by publishing a libel.

Usage examples:

The jury found that he was libelled by a newspaper

noun

A piece of writing that says bad, false, and harmful things about a person, or the legal claim you make when you accuse someone in court of writing such things about you

Usage examples:

[ c ] the whole story was a vicious libel., [ u ] angry at what the newspaper had printed, she sued…

noun

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

Usage examples:

Ancient celtic myths

noun

A traditional story, esp. one which explains the early history or a cultural belief or practice of a group of people, or explains a natural event

Usage examples:

[ c ] kids like the stories about the gods and goddesses of greek and roman myths., [ c ] equal opp…

noun

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

Usage examples:

A gripping narrative

adjective

In the form of or concerned with narration.

Usage examples:

A narrative poem

noun

A story or a description of events

Usage examples:

The novel is a wonderful narrative of wartime adventure.

noun

A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by jesus in the gospels.

Usage examples:

The parable of the blind men and the elephant

noun

A simple story told because it represents a basic moral truth or religious principle

noun

A thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.

Usage examples:

You should keep a written record

verb

Set down in writing or some other permanent form for later reference.

Usage examples:

They were asked to keep a diary and record everything they ate or drank

verb

Anything providing permanent evidence about past events

verb

Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.

Usage examples:

The minister reported a decline in milk production

noun

An account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body.

Usage examples:

The chairman's annual report

verb

To give an account or representation of in words

noun

A feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love.

Usage examples:

I had a thirst for romance

verb

Try to gain the love of; court.

Usage examples:

The wealthy estate owner romanced her

adjective

Relating to or denoting the group of indo-european languages descended from latin, principally french, spanish, portuguese, italian, catalan, occitan, and romanian.

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The romance languages

noun

A currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.

Usage examples:

They were investigating rumours of a massacre

verb

Be circulated as an unverified account.

Usage examples:

It's rumoured that he lives on a houseboat

noun

An interesting story or piece of news that may or may not be true, that spreads quickly from person to person

Usage examples:

A rumour that i heard a rumour that she's leaving., a rumour has surfaced that the company is about…

noun

A long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in old norse or old icelandic.

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A figure straight out of a viking saga

noun

A long, detailed story of connected events

Usage examples:

The gold rush was just one chapter in the saga of the old west.

noun

The action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Usage examples:

He is suing the tv company for slander

verb

Make false and damaging statements about (someone).

Usage examples:

They were accused of slandering the head of state

noun

A false, spoken statement about someone which damages that person's reputation, or the making of such a statement

Usage examples:

[ u ] political campaigns are full of shameless slander., her statement was not meant to slander an…

noun

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

Usage examples:

An adventure story

noun

Variant spelling of storey.

noun

A part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level.

Usage examples:

A three-storey building

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

noun

Talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true

noun

Spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing.

Usage examples:

Hanks of pale green yarn

verb

Tell a long or implausible story.

Usage examples:

They were yarning about local legends and superstitions