TOLD (ON) Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

told (on)

verb

Definition of told (on)

past tense of tell (on)

as in influenced

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the pressure of final exams is beginning to tell on the students in the dorm

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as in talked

to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities detectives convinced the perpetrators in custody to tell on their associates

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Verb

Longer-term interest rates are set by the bond market but can also be influenced by Fed decisions.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
The Fed’s decision may also have been influenced, at least somewhat, by the upcoming election.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of influenced

Verb

Still, Tripodis hopes the findings will prove useful for families who have been affected by CTE and will inform current and future players of the risks involved in the sport.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
The first plan, which would have cut up to 18 English learner teachers and affected at least two dozen schools, drew backlash.

— Beret Leone, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of affected

Verb

Kelker-Kelly’s wife, Allison Kelly, informed authorities the actor complained of pain in his left arm and chest while on the drive home from Spirit Airport, People reported.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Those works and other similar ones in the Met’s collection exemplified a neoclassical New England style that informed her work, titled Vessel.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of informed

Verb

Woodall admitted that Dornan’s performance truly impressed him.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026
That’s one of my favorite features on the iPhone, as I’ve been impressed with Apple’s ability to turn something that should be an albatross into an appealing feature.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of impressed

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The suit calls not merely for reinstatement of access that has already been impacted, but for a broad injunction that would protect from retaliation every news outlet that covers the White House -- now, and in the future.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
But the fact that Ammann’s platelet count, like Lanitis’s and Hawrylak’s, had been impacted after the alpha-lipoic- acid infusion suggested that Ammann, too, might have had an adverse response.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of impacted

Verb

Someone else touched his face and a clean tong without washing hands between those two actions.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an ultrathin, flexible electronic skin that lights up when touched, revealing exactly where pressure is being applied and how much, sort of like a skin with a screen.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of touched

Verb

The attack struck the Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral in Karak, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman, on Friday.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Naz Reid struck fire midway through the fourth, executing, in quick succession, plays on both ends of the court.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026

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