say

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To speak words; to tell something in speech or writing.

   He said he would be here tomorrow.

2. 2
   verb

   To pronounce a word or sound.

   Please say your name slowly and clearly.

3. 3
   verb

   To show information in a written or printed form.

   The sign says it is fifty kilometres to Paris.

4. 4
   verb

   To suppose something for the sake of argument.

   Let us say that they did not tell the truth.

5. 5
   noun

   The right or chance to give your opinion or influence a decision.

   Everyone should have a say in how the money is spent.

Common collocations

• say grace Verb + noun
• say no Verb + noun

From Middle English seyen, seien, seggen, from Old English seċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii, sjide, sooi, säie (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Alemannic German ŝchége, ŝchegi, séege, säge, sägä (“to say”), Bavarian sogn, soon, sågn (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “…

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