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verb (used with object), said [sed], /sɛd/, say·ing [sey-ing]. /ˈseɪ ɪŋ/.

to utter or pronounce; speak: What did you say? I said "Hi!"

to express in words; state; declare; discussion: Say information technology clearly and simply. It's hard to know how to say this tactfully.

to state equally an stance or judgment: I say her plan is the better ane.

to be certain, precise, or assured well-nigh; determine: It is difficult to say what is wrong.

to recite or echo: to say i's prayers.

to report or allege; maintain: People say he will resign.

to limited (a bulletin, viewpoint, etc.), as through a literary or other artistic medium: a writer with something to say.

to indicate or prove: What does your watch say?

to assume as a hypothesis or estimate: Let's say, for the sake of argument, that it'south true.

verb (used without object), said [sed], /sɛd/, say·ing [sey-ing]. /ˈseɪ ɪŋ/.

to speak; declare; express an stance.

adverb

for example: If you serve, say tuna fish and potato chips, it volition cost much less.

substantive

what a person says or has to say.

the right or opportunity to speak, decide, or practise influence: to have one's say in choosing the candidate.

a turn to say something: It is now my say.

interjection

(used to express surprise, get attention, etc.)

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Idioms about say

Origin of say

¹

First recorded before 900; Centre English seyen, seggen, Erstwhile English secgan; cognate with Dutch zeggen, German sagen, Old Norse segja; akin to sawⁱⁱⁱ

OTHER WORDS FROM say

sayer, noun

Words nearby say

Saxonism, saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, saxophone, saxtuba, say, sayable, say a mouthful, Sayan Mountains, Sayão, Saybolt universal seconds

Other definitions for say (2 of iv)

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verb (used with object), noun

Origin of say

²

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English saien, sayen, shortening of assaien, assayen to assay

Other definitions for say (3 of 4)

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substantive

a thin silk or woolen material similar to serge, much used in the 16th century.

Origin of say

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Outset recorded in 1250–1300; Centre English sai(e), a kind of serge, from Old French saie, saye "long-skirted coat," from Medieval Latin saia, sagum, a kind of cloth, from Latin saga, plural of sagum "coarse woolen cloak, soldier'southward cloak," from Gaulish sogom

Other definitions for say (4 of four)

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noun

Jean Bap·tiste [zhahn ba-teest], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1767–1832, French economist. Compare Say's police force.

Thomas, 1787–1834, U.Southward. entomologist.

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Words related to say

add together, announce, answer, assert, claim, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, do, guess, limited, maintain, mention, read, repeat, answer, report, respond, reveal

How to utilize say in a sentence

• And more I cannot explicate/merely y'all, from what I did not say/will infer what I exercise non say.

• Compston managed all this without the say-then of the Courtauld, which sent him a stinging letter.

• Marchman takes it equally a given that MLB basing its case on the say-so of a sketchy Floridian drug-dealer is preposterous.

• How does Romney give that reply on national television and force his campaign into what-he-really-meant-to-say way?

• Matthew Yglesias on how the correct'south just-say-no game helped bring the left together.

• Or ne say-je quelle estoit sa maladie; si elle venoit seulement par intervalles, ou not, je north'en say rien: tant y a que le 2.

• ITo heaven cry aloud, and to the globe:"Who hath reduced her to this pass?Say, say!"

• Possibly Marie would wish then that she had idea twice about quitting him only on her mother's say-then.

• And hast thou fixed my doom, kind main, say?And wilt thou kill thy servant, old and poor?

• And hast one thousand fixed my doom, sweet master, say?And wilt grand kill thy servant, erstwhile and poor?

British Dictionary definitions for say (1 of ii)

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verb says (sɛz), saying or said (mainly tr)

to speak, pronounce, or utter

(also intr) to express (an thought) in words; tell we asked his opinion but he refused to say

(besides intr; may have a clause every bit object) to state (an opinion, fact, etc) positively; declare; assert

to recite to say grace

(may accept a clause as object) to report or criminate they say we shall accept rain today

(may have a clause as object) to take as an assumption; suppose let us say that he is lying

(may take a clause as object) to convey by means of artistic expression the artist in this painting is saying that we should look for hope

to make a case for there is much to be said for either grade of action

(commonly passive) Irish to persuade or coax (someone) to practice something If I hadn't been said by her, I wouldn't exist in this ready

go without proverb to be so obvious every bit to need no caption

I say! mainly British informal an assertion of surprise

not to say even; and indeed

that is to say in other words; more than explicitly

to say aught of also every bit; even disregarding he was warmly dressed in a shirt and heavy jumper, to say nothing of a thick overcoat

to say the least without the slightest exaggeration; at the very to the lowest degree

adverb

approximately at that place were, say, 20 people present

for example choose a number, say, four

substantive

the right or gamble to speak allow him take his say

authority, esp to influence a decision he has a lot of say in the company'due south policy

a argument of opinion you've had your say, now let me have mine

interjection

Us and Canadian informal an assertion to attract attention or express surprise, etc

Derived forms of say

sayer, noun

Give-and-take Origin for say

Old English secgan; related to Old Norse segja, Old Saxon seggian, Old High German sagēn

British Dictionary definitions for say (ii of 2)

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substantive

archaic a type of fine woollen textile

Word Origin for say

C13: from Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum a blazon of woollen cloak

Collins English Lexicon - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with say

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In add-on to the idioms beginning with say

• say a mouthful
• say grace
• say one's piece
• says who?
• say the word
• say uncle

also encounter:

• earlier yous tin can say Jack Robinson
• cry (say) uncle
• do as I say
• give (say) the word
• get without (saying)
• have a say in
• I dare say
• I'll say
• needless to say
• never say die
• never say never
• not to mention (say nothing of)
• on i's authorisation
• foreign to say
• suffice it to say
• that is (to say)
• to say the least
• yous can say that once again
• you don't say

As well see undersaid.

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