say

Meaning

Verb

1. To pronounce.
2. To recite.
3. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
4. To indicate in a written form.
5. To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
6. (informal) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
7. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
8. (informal) 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪ/

Etymology

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 West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk seia (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say; to tell”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.

Sentences

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

Why don't you say something ?

They say at Patti's house he left two hours ago .