tale

[tale]

A tale is a story, especially one that's full of creative embellishments. You can read a tale from a book, or tell a bedtime tale to the kids you're babysitting.

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See Tael.

Noun
a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

Noun
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; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney''s stories entertain adults as well as children"


n.
See Tael.

v. i.
That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

v. i.
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.

v. i.
A count or declaration.

v. i.
To tell stories.


Tale

Tale , n. See Tael.

Tale

Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. Tell, v. t., Toll a tax, also Talk, v. i.] 1. That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. "The tale of Troy divine." Milton. "In such manner rime is Dante's tale." Chaucer.
We spend our years as a tale that is told.
2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight.
And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the number.
3. (Law) A count or declaration. [Obs.] To tell tale of, to make account of. [Obs.]
Therefore little tale hath he told Of any dream, so holy was his heart.
Syn. -- Anecdote; story; fable; incident; memoir; relation; account; legend; narrative.

Tale

Tale , v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower.

See Tael.

That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

To tell stories.

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Usage Examples

And I thought, when I have kids, that's the sort of well told, silly, and fun fairy tale that I would want to take them to. But it was an amazing experience. And I think Shrek is a real classic, a fairy tale classic.

It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication.

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.

I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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Other Usage Examples

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.

My first marriage was very traditional, in the church, and then we left the church and went to the reception hall. So this time, I'd like to go fairy tale all the way.

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result.

Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time.

I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end, and I'm a big shoe girl.

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