say
说,表示,说道,说话
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Definitions
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said [sed], /sɛd/, say·ing [sey-ing]. /ˈseɪ ɪŋ/.
- : to utter or pronounce; speak: What did you say? I said “Hello!”
- : to express in words; state; declare; word: Say it clearly and simply. It's hard to know how to say this tactfully.
- : to state as an opinion or judgment: I say her plan is the better one.
- : to be certain, precise, or assured about; determine: It is hard to say what is wrong.
- : to recite or repeat: to say one's prayers.
- : to report or allege; maintain: People say he will resign.
- : to express, as through a literary or other artistic medium: a writer with something to say.
- : to indicate or show: What does your watch say?
- : to assume as a hypothesis or estimate: Let's say, for the sake of argument, that it's true.
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said [sed], /sɛd/, say·ing [sey-ing]. /ˈseɪ ɪŋ/.
- : to speak; declare; express an opinion.
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- : approximately; about: It's, say, 14 feet long.
- : for example: If you serve, say tuna fish and potato chips, it will cost much less.
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- : what a person says or has to say.
- : the right or opportunity to speak, decide, or exercise influence: to have one's say in choosing the candidate.
- : a turn to say something: It is now my say.
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Phrases
- say a mouthful
- say grace
- say one's piece
- says who?
- say the word
- say uncle
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- cry (say) uncle
- do as I say
- give (say) the word
- go without (saying)
- have a say in
- I dare say
- I'll say
- needless to say
- never say die
- never say never
- not to mention (say nothing of)
- on one's say-so
- strange to say
- suffice it to say
- that is (to say)
- to say the least
- you can say that again
- you don't say
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
And more I cannot explain/but you, from what I did not say/will infer what I do not say.
Compston managed all this without the say-so of the Courtauld, which sent him a stinging letter.
Marchman takes it as a given that MLB basing its case on the say-so of a sketchy Floridian drug-dealer is preposterous.
How does Romney give that answer on national television and force his campaign into what-he-really-meant-to-say mode?
Matthew Yglesias on how the right's just-say-no game helped bring the left together.
Or ne say-je quelle estoit sa maladie; si elle venoit seulement par intervalles, ou non, je n'en say rien: tant y a que le 2.
ITo heaven cry aloud, and to the world:“Who hath reduced her to this pass?Say, say!”
Maybe Marie would wish then that she had thought twice about quitting him just on her mother's say-so.
And hast thou fixed my doom, kind master, say?And wilt thou kill thy servant, old and poor?
And hast thou fixed my doom, sweet master, say?And wilt thou kill thy servant, old and poor?