tell time (English, verb)
expansion: tell time (third-person singular simple present tells time, present participle telling time, simple past and past participle told time)
Senses:
glosses: To measure time, to determine the current time.
glosses: To read the time as displayed on an analog clock.
tags: specifically
Forms:
form: tells time
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling time
tags: participle
present
form: told time
tags: participle
past
form: told time
tags: past
form: tell the time
tags: alternative