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What's The Definition Of Say?
[n] the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
[v] communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" [v] give instructions to or direct somebody to do something; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [v] express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [v] indicate; "The clock says noon" [v] recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'" [v] speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [v] utter aloud; "She said 'Hello' to everyone in the office" [v] express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [v] state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business" [v] report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [v] have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Say: allege | articulate | aver | enjoin | enounce | enunciate | order | pronounce | read | sound out | state | suppose | tell Related Terms | Find terms related to Say: See Also | accent | accentuate | add | announce | answer | append | aspirate | assert | asseverate | call | chance | click | command | compel | convey | declare | devoice | direct | drawl | explain | explode | express | feature | flap | get out | give | give tongue to | have | impart | instruct | introduce | labialise | labialize | lay out | lilt | lisp | maintain | mention | mispronounce | misstate | mouth | nasalise | nasalize | note | observe | opportunity | palatalise | palatalize | plead | preface | premise | present | raise | read | recite | record | register | remark | reply | represent | request | require | respond | retroflex | roll | round | send for | show | sibilate | sound | speak | speculate | stress | subvocalise | subvocalize | sum | sum up | summarise | summarize | supply | syllabise | syllabize | talk | trill | twang | utter | verbalise | verbalize | vocalise | vocalize | voice | vowelise | vowelize | warn Say In Webster's Dictionary \Say\ (s[=a]), obs. imp. of {See}.
Saw. --Chaucer.
\Say\ (s[=a]), n. [Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. --Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. --Shak. 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] He found a sword of better say. --Spenser. 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] {To give a say at}, to attempt. --B. Jonson. \Say\, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. \Say\, n. [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa`gos. See {Sagum}.] 1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! --Shak. 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. --Spenser. \Say\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Said} (s[e^]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saying}.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[=e]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s["a]ga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. {Saga}, {Saw} a saying.] 1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. 4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. {It is said}, or {They say}, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. {That is to say}, that is; in other words; otherwise. \Say\, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. --Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? --Milton. \Say\, n. [From {Say}, v. t.; cf. {Saw} a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. --L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. --Sir W. Scott. |
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