say

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To pronounce.
2. (transitive) To recite.
3. (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
4. (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
5. (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
6. (imperative, informal, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
7. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
8. (especially, informal, transitive) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.

Noun

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

Adv

For example; let us assume.

Intj

Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion

Noun

A type of fine cloth similar to serge.

Noun

1. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof.
3. Essay; trial; attempt.

Noun

A strainer for milk.

Synonyms

speak

🗣️

tell

talk

🗣️

utter

state

declare

express

pronounce

communicate

narrate

inform

mean

mention

show

report

think

🤔

announce

discuss

voice

sound

🔉

enunciate

call

order

articulate

look

guess

indicate

hey

👋

word

vocalize

suppose

speech

address

relate

remark

read

📖

words

convey

let know

aver

enjoin

chat

assert

ask

allege

give

name

inquire

impart

become

Translations

dire

🗣️

decir

🗣️

sagen

🗣️

dire

dizer

🗣️

zeggen

🗣️

söylemek

🗣️

parler

🗣️

sprechen

🗣️

dir

🗣️

spreken

🗣️

manifestar

قال

🗣️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: seyen

Inherited from Old English: secgan

Cognate with Western Frisian: sizze

Cognate with Low German: seggen

Cognate with Dutch: zeggen

Cognate with German: sagen

Cognate with Danish: sige

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: si

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: seia

Cognate with Swedish: säga

Cognate with Yiddish: זאָגן

In summary

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 tell, talk”).
Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Faroese siga (“to say”), Icelandic segja (“to say”), Jamtish segi (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk segja, seia, seie (“to say, tell”), Swedish säga (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say; to tell”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.

Sentences

What do you say to that ?

Now what do you say ?

What do you want me to say ?

Where did you say this man worked ?

" No ," he heard a voice on the wind say .

Why don't you say something ?