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- [tohl]
- /toʊl/
- /təʊld/
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- [tohl]
- /toʊl/
Definitions of tolled word
- noun tolled the act of tolling a bell. 1
- noun tolled one of the strokes made in tolling a bell. 1
- noun tolled the sound made. 1
- verb with object tolled to suspend or interrupt (as a statute of limitations). 1
- verb without object tolled to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell. 1
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Origin of tolled
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (noun) Middle English, Old English toll (cognate with Dutch tol, German Zoll, Old Norse tollr), assimilated variant of Old English toln < Late Latin tolōnēum, for telōnēum < Greek telōneîon tollhouse, akin to telṓnēs tax collector, télos tax; (v.) Middle English tollen, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Tolled
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preposition
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determiner
exclamation
tolled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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verb tolled
- chimed — an apparatus for striking a bell so as to produce a musical sound, as one at the front door of a house by which visitors announce their presence.
- clanged — Simple past tense and past participle of clang.
- clanked — a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
- decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.
- donged — Simple past tense and past participle of dong.
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