say
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
                
                    Verb
                    
                express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
                
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                report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
                
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                express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let''s say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
                
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                have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
                
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                give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
                
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                speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire''"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
                
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                communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
                
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                utter aloud; "She said `Hello'' to everyone in the office"
                
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                state as one''s opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let''s forget this whole business"
                
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                recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary''"
                
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            indicate; "The clock says noon"
                Synonyms
More General Terms
                    assert
                    asseverate
                    chance
                    convey
                    express
                    feature
                    give tongue to
                    have
                    maintain
                    opportunity
                    read
                    recite
                    record
                    register
                    request
                    show
                    speculate
                    utter
                    verbalise
                    verbalize
            
            More Specific Terms
                    accent
                    accentuate
                    add
                    announce
                    answer
                    append
                    articulate
                    aspirate
                    call
                    click
                    command
                    declare
                    devoice
                    direct
                    drawl
                    enunciate
                    explain
                    explode
                    flap
                    get out
                    give
                    instruct
                    introduce
                    labialise
                    labialize
                    lay out
                    lilt
                    lisp
                    mention
                    mispronounce
                    misspeak
                    misstate
                    nasalise
                    nasalize
                    note
                    observe
                    palatalise
                    palatalize
                    plead
                    precede
                    preface
                    premise
                    present
                    raise
                    remark
                    reply
                    represent
                    require
                    respond
                    retroflex
                    roll
                    round
                    send for
                    sibilate
                    sound
                    stress
                    subvocalise
                    subvocalize
                    sum
                    sum up
                    summarise
                    summarize
                    supply
                    syllabise
                    syllabize
                    trill
                    twang
                    vocalise
                    vocalize
                    voice
                    vowelise
                    vowelize
                    warn