Say

Word SAY
Character 3
Hyphenation say
Pronunciations /seɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Say"

What do we mean by say?

To utter aloud; pronounce. intransitive verb

To express in words. intransitive verb

To state as an opinion or judgment; declare. intransitive verb

To state as a determination of fact. intransitive verb

To report or maintain; allege. intransitive verb

To repeat or recite. intransitive verb

To indicate; show. intransitive verb

To give nonverbal expression to; signify or embody. intransitive verb

To suppose; assume. intransitive verb

To make a statement or express an opinion or judgment. intransitive verb

A turn or chance to speak. noun

The right or power to influence or make a decision. noun

Something said; a statement. noun

Approximately. adverb

For instance. adverb

Used to express surprise or appeal for someone's attention. interjection

(I say) Used preceding an utterance to call attention to it. idiom

(I say) Used as an exclamation of surprise, delight, or dismay. idiom

A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Say

The word "say" in example sentences

They could just say the pledge with their classmates and *not say* the under god part. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Quod She recently talked about a book called *They say, I say* by Graff and someone else. ❋ Heo (2006)

I will tell them, why you don't you say that you like dad or sayߞ call dad husband or honey or whatever? ❋ Unknown (2000)

I mean that, you might say, "We'd expect Bundy to say  that," right? ❋ Michaud, S G & Aynesworth H (1989)

But say not these things have been done "not well;" but _say_ "not fortunately" for us who did them. ❋ 480? BC-406 BC Euripides (N/A)

The Latin can say either stultī or stultum est dīcere, _it is foolish to say_; but Adjectives of one ending permit only the Genitive; as, -- sapientis est haec sēcum reputāre, _it is the part of a wise man to consider this_. ❋ Charles E. Bennett (N/A)

I am perfectly aware, that by the following remarks I shall expose myself to the indignation of some men, and, possibly, to the contempt of others: but I feel that my opinion on this subject is not taken up on slight grounds; and I _must say my say_. ❋ Edward Berens (N/A)

” Strikingly similar to English and Greek alternations of the type sing—sang and leip-o “I leave, ” leloip-a “I have left, ” are such Somali16 cases as al “I am, ” il “I was”; i-dah-a “I say, ” i-di “I said, ” deh “say! ❋ Unknown (1921)

Drusilla rose and shook her finger at him, "now you be careful what you say, but _say_ it." ❋ Elizabeth Cooper (1911)

Some few, they say -- ah, yes, '_they say_' -- have found it, then instantly forgotten it again; for once pronounced it may not be retained, but goes utterly lost to the memory on the instant. ❋ Algernon Blackwood (1910)

He'd look in my eyes, Jim, and he'd find out what I wanted him to say; and he'd _say_ it. ❋ Norman Duncan (1893)

Most of them would probably say to us, "Let us alone, _do_ nothing to us, and _say_ what you please about slavery." ❋ George Haven Putnam (1887)

Well, I say that, and say it, and _say it_, till it goes itself, and then I begin at two, and say two and three is -- no, _are_ five, and on round to the nine, only this time I take in the one at the other end. ❋ 1841-1930 Pansy (1885)

I don't tell this for truth, I only say that _they say_ thus and so. ❋ Marietta Holley (1881)

Now, I do not believe, as you say you do "-- and Mr. Gurney laid particular stress upon the _you say_ --" that the ❋ Austin Potter (1877)

Now, whether you will believe all this story, or not, I cannot take upon me to say; but I will assure you, that when you visit this spot, it will be necessary to _say you do_; or you would appear in their eyes a much greater wonder than any thing which I have related, of the Devil, the ❋ Philip Thicknesse (1755)

First thing that comes to mind When I say mitosis, you say________________? six feet please Congratulations on your daughter cells I think we just separated? ❋ Unknown (2008)

-- and I say, in my degree, with all the energy of my nature, _as you say_, promise as you promise -- only meaning a worship of you that is solely fit for me, fit by position -- are not you my 'mistress?' ❋ Robert Browning (1850)

But so long as Tyrannies and Aristocracies shall say -- as they now practically _do say_ all over Europe, "Yes, we too are for Peace, but it must be Peace with absolute submission to our good pleasure -- Peace with two-thirds of the fruits of Human Labor devoted to the pampering of our luxurious appetites, the maintenance of our pomp, the indulgence of our unbounded desires -- it must be a Peace which leaves the Millions in darkness, in hopeless degradation, the slaves of superstition and the helpless victims of our lusts." ❋ Horace Greeley (1841)

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