Antonyms for tale

Grammar : Noun

Spell : teyl

Phonetic Transcription : teɪl

Definition of tale

Origin : Old English talu "story, tale, the action of telling," from Proto-Germanic *talo (cf. Dutch taal "speech, language"), from PIE root *del- "to recount, count." The secondary English sense of "number, numerical reckoning" (c.1200) probably was the primary one in Germanic; cf. teller (see tell) and Old Frisian tale, Middle Dutch tal "number," Old Saxon tala "number," Old High German zala, German Zahl "number."
The ground sense of the Modern English word in its main meaning, then, might have been "an account of things in their due order." Related to talk and tell. Meaning "things divulged that were given secretly, gossip" is from mid-14c.; first record of talebearer "tattletale" is late 15c.

noun story
noun made-up story

Example sentences :

To the end of the lives of the spectators, it was a tale of wonder.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

His great failing was that he exaggerated--no tale ever losing anything in his charge.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Better live, to write your own tale than be the abject one to another.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various

Worst of all, almost, Mrs. Baker told the tale of my misdeeds to John.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

It was always easy to get them to believe any tale which had gold in it.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

On this theme methinks I could frame a tale with a deep moral.
Extract from : « Sketches from Memory (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Very early in this tale it was my pride to explain that my mother was a superior woman.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Then in as few words as she could she told their tale, while the queen listened earnestly.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

There is yet another object with which I have identified my tale.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

This letter has told its tale, and little remains to explain.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Synonyms for tale

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