'Saying' definitions:
Definition of 'saying'
From: WordNet
noun
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression" [syn: saying, expression, locution]
Definition of 'Saying'
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 'Saying'
From: GCIDE
- Saying \Say"ing\, n. That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. [1913 Webster]
- Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; saw; proverb; byword. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'saying'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adage,
- address,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- ana,
- analects,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- aphorism,
- apostrophe,
- apothegm,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- axiom,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- comment,
- conclusion,
- crack,
- creed,
- current saying,
- declaration,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- enunciation,
- epigram,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- greeting,
- interjection,
- ipse dixit,
- manifesto,
- maxim,
- mention,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- note,
- observation,
- oracle,
- Parthian shot,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- precept,
- predicate,
- predication,
- prescript,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- saw,
- say,
- say-so,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- stance,
- stand,
- statement,
- stock saying,
- subjoinder,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- thought,
- truism,
- utterance,
- verse,
- vouch,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom