say

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Meaning

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.

speak

declare

address

allege

he said

talk to

open one’s mouth

you there

pass along

send a message

tell me

broach a subject

express in words

give utterance to

hash over

hold forth

let on

make sound

put into words

say to

speak about

start to talk

take leave of

tell a story

want to

errr

exchange words

be pleased to say

tell to

be hearsay

reveal secret

expressed opinion

have a conversation

speak articulately

speak utter

make a humble remark

make a remark

offer one’s statements

select as an example

reprize

speak forth

embrass

be present

blab out

declare oneself

disclose

give an account

let us say

make a sound

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seɪ/

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.