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tale

noun

1 tale

A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.

synonyms: narration, narrative, story.

Roget 85: numeration; numbering etc. v.; pagination; tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation; calculation, calculus; ... show more

Roget 594: description, account, statement, report; expose etc. (disclosure) 529; specification, particulars; state of facts, summary of facts; brief ... show more

Dutch: vertellen, vertelde, verhaal, verhalend
Polish: bajeczka, bajka, bajda

2 tale

A trivial lie.

synonyms: fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle.

Dutch: leugentje
Polish: bujda na resorach, bujda


Moby thesaurus: account, aggregate, all, amount, anecdotage, anecdote, back-fence gossip, backbiting, backstabbing, be-all and end-all, belittlement, blague, box score, calumny, canard, cast, chitchat, chronicle, cock-and-bull story, count ... show more.

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