'Say' definitions:
Definition of 'say'
From: WordNet
noun
The chance to speak; "let him have his say"
verb
Express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" [syn: state, say, tell]
verb
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" [syn: allege, aver, say]
verb
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?" [syn: suppose, say]
verb
Have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say]
verb
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" [syn: order, tell, enjoin, say]
verb
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?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say]
verb
Communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
verb
Utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
verb
State as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"
verb
Recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"
verb
Indicate; "The clock says noon"
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \Say\ (s[=a]), n. [Aphetic form of assay.]
- 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He found a sword of better say. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To give a say at, to attempt. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \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.] [1913 Webster]
- He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \Say\, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \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.] [1913 Webster]
- Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His garment neither was of silk nor say. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \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[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
- Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. [1913 Webster]
- Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Say'
From: GCIDE
- Say \Say\, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. [1913 Webster]
- You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'say'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about,
- absolute power,
- absolutism,
- acknowledge,
- acme,
- address,
- affirm,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- after-dinner speech,
- allegation,
- allege,
- allocution,
- almost,
- animadvert,
- announce,
- announcement,
- annunciate,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- answer back,
- apostrophe,
- approximately,
- approximatively,
- argue,
- articulate,
- ascendancy,
- assert,
- assertion,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- asseveration,
- assume,
- Australian ballot,
- authority,
- authorization,
- aver,
- averment,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- avow,
- avowal,
- aye,
- ballot,
- be afraid,
- be-all and end-all,
- believe,
- blue ribbon,
- bout,
- break silence,
- breathe,
- bring out,
- canvass,
- canvassing,
- casting vote,
- chalk talk,
- championship,
- chance,
- charisma,
- charm,
- chime,
- chime in,
- choice,
- chorus,
- cite,
- clout,
- come back,
- come out with,
- command,
- comment,
- communicate,
- competence,
- competency,
- conceive,
- conclude,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- consider,
- constituted authority,
- contend,
- control,
- convey,
- counting heads,
- crack,
- credit,
- creed,
- cumulative voting,
- daresay,
- debate,
- deciding vote,
- decision,
- declamation,
- declaration,
- declare,
- deduce,
- deem,
- delegated authority,
- deliver,
- diatribe,
- dictum,
- directorship,
- disclose,
- discretion,
- divine,
- divine right,
- division,
- dominance,
- domination,
- dominion,
- dream,
- echo,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- eminence,
- emit,
- enchantment,
- enfranchisement,
- enunciate,
- enunciation,
- esteem,
- eulogy,
- exclamation,
- exhortation,
- expect,
- express,
- expression,
- faculty,
- fagot vote,
- fancy,
- favor,
- feel,
- filibuster,
- first place,
- first prize,
- flash back,
- fling off,
- for practical purposes,
- force,
- forensic,
- forensic address,
- formal speech,
- formulate,
- franchise,
- free choice,
- free decision,
- free will,
- full consent,
- funeral oration,
- gather,
- generally,
- generally speaking,
- give,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- give expression,
- give out with,
- give tongue,
- give utterance,
- give voice,
- go,
- good feeling,
- grant,
- graveyard vote,
- greeting,
- hand vote,
- harangue,
- Hare system,
- have,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- highest,
- hold,
- hortatory address,
- imagine,
- impart,
- imperium,
- importance,
- in round numbers,
- inaugural,
- inaugural address,
- incidental power,
- indicate,
- indirect authority,
- infer,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- inherent authority,
- inning,
- innings,
- insinuation,
- insist,
- interjection,
- invective,
- ipse dixit,
- issue a manifesto,
- jeremiad,
- jurisdiction,
- jus divinum,
- just,
- kingship,
- lawful authority,
- lay down,
- leadership,
- legal authority,
- legitimacy,
- let,
- let be,
- let out,
- leverage,
- lip,
- list system,
- lordship,
- magnetism,
- maintain,
- management,
- manifesto,
- mark,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- mention,
- moment,
- more or less,
- most,
- nay,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- no,
- noncontingent free will,
- nontransferable vote,
- note,
- observation,
- opine,
- opportunity,
- option,
- oration,
- out with,
- palms,
- paramountcy,
- Parthian shot,
- pep talk,
- peroration,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- philippic,
- phonate,
- phrase,
- pipe up,
- pitch,
- place,
- plebiscite,
- plebiscitum,
- plumper,
- plural vote,
- poll,
- polling,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- potency,
- pour forth,
- power,
- practically,
- predicate,
- predication,
- predominance,
- preferential voting,
- prefigure,
- prepared speech,
- prepared text,
- preponderance,
- prerogative,
- present,
- presidency,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- presurmise,
- primacy,
- proclaim,
- proclamation,
- profess,
- profession,
- pronounce,
- pronouncement,
- proportional representation,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- provisionally accept,
- proxy,
- public speech,
- purchase,
- put,
- put forth,
- put in words,
- put it,
- question,
- quote,
- raise,
- react,
- read,
- reading,
- recital,
- recitation,
- recite,
- reckon,
- record,
- record vote,
- reecho,
- referendum,
- reflection,
- regality,
- register,
- reign,
- rejoin,
- relief,
- remark,
- repeat,
- reply,
- representation,
- repute,
- respond,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- reverberate,
- right,
- right to vote,
- rightful authority,
- riposte,
- rising vote,
- roughly,
- roughly speaking,
- round,
- roundly,
- royal prerogative,
- rule,
- sales talk,
- salutatory,
- salutatory address,
- say in reply,
- say out,
- say-so,
- saying,
- screed,
- secret ballot,
- sentence,
- set down,
- set forth,
- set speech,
- shoot back,
- show of hands,
- single vote,
- snap vote,
- sound,
- sovereignty,
- speak,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- speech,
- speechification,
- speeching,
- spell,
- stance,
- stand,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- state,
- statement,
- straw vote,
- suasion,
- subjoinder,
- submit,
- subtle influence,
- suffrage,
- suggestion,
- suppose,
- supremacy,
- surmise,
- suspect,
- sway,
- take,
- take for,
- take for granted,
- take it,
- take the floor,
- take to be,
- talk,
- talk back,
- talkathon,
- tell,
- the say,
- the say-so,
- think,
- thought,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- time,
- time at bat,
- tirade,
- top spot,
- transferable vote,
- turn,
- understand,
- upper hand,
- utter,
- utterance,
- valediction,
- valedictory,
- valedictory address,
- verbalize,
- vested authority,
- vicarious authority,
- viva voce,
- vocalize,
- voice,
- voice vote,
- vote,
- voting,
- voting right,
- vouch,
- weight,
- whack,
- whip hand,
- whisper,
- word,
- write-in,
- write-in vote,
- yea,
- yeas and nays,
- yes,
- zenith