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Definitions for Tales
[1] (used with a plural verb ) persons chosen to serve on the jury when the original panel is insufficiently large: originally selected from among those present in court.
[2] (used with a singular verb ) the order or writ summoning such jurors.
[3] a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
[4] a literary composition having the form of such a narrative.
[5] a falsehood; lie.
[6] a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue.
[7] the full number or amount.
[8] Archaic . enumeration; count.
[9] Obsolete . talk; discourse.
[10] (functioning as plural) a group of persons summoned from among those present in court or from bystanders to fill vacancies on a jury panel
[11] (functioning as singular) the writ summoning such jurors
[12] a report, narrative, or story
[13] one of a group of short stories connected by an overall narrative framework
[14] a malicious or meddlesome rumour or piece of gossip to bear tales against someone (in combination ) talebearer ; taleteller
[15] a fictitious or false statement
[16] tell tales to tell fanciful lies to report malicious stories, trivial complaints, etc, esp to someone in authority
[17] tell a tale to reveal something important
[18] tell its own tale to be self-evident
[19] archaic a number; amount computation or enumeration
[20] an obsolete word for talk
Words related to Tales
account, novel, myth, fable, anecdote, yarn, fiction, narrative, legend, rumor, report, romance, relation, saga, narration, prevarication, lie, falsehood, exaggeration, falsity
Words nearby Tales
talent, talent scout, talent show, talented, taler, tales, talesman, taleteller, tali-, taliban, taliban movement
Origin of Tales
before 900; Middle English; Old English talu series, list, narrative, story; cognate with Dutch taal speech, language, German Zahl number, Old Norse tala number, speech. See tell1
Words that may be confused with Tales
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, taletail, tale
Word origin for Tales
Old English talu list; related to Old Frisian tele talk, Old Saxon, Old Norse tala talk, number, Old High German zala number
Synonyms for Tales
account, anecdote, fable, fiction, legend, myth, narrative, novel, short story, yarn, narration, relation, report, romance, saga, fairy tale, folk tale