Usually means: Determine current hour and minute.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. tell the time: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tell the time: Merriam-Webster
  3. tell the time: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tell the time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. tell the time: Wiktionary
  6. tell the time: Dictionary.com
  7. tell the time: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tell the time: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tell the time: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tell the time: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tell the time)

verb:  (UK) Alternative form of tell time [To measure time, to determine the current time.]

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