| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | say | The chance to speak |
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| VERB | 1 | say, state, tell | Express in words |
| 2 | say, allege, aver | Report or maintain | |
| 3 | say, suppose | Express a supposition | |
| 4 | say, read | Have or contain a certain wording or form | |
| 5 | say | State as one's opinion or judgement | |
| 6 | say | Utter aloud | |
| 7 | say, order, tell, enjoin | Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | |
| 8 | say, pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate | Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | |
| 9 | say | Recite or repeat a fixed text | |
| 10 | say | Communicate or express nonverbally | |
| 11 | say | Indicate |
| Sounds | sey' |
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| Rhymes | divorcee, essay, fiance, and 7 more rhymes in sey at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The chance to speak. |
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| Examples | "let him have his say" |
| Broader | opportunity, chance |
| Verbs | say; say; say |
| Meaning | Express in words. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | state, tell |
| Narrower | present, represent, lay out; misstate; answer, reply, respond; precede, preface, premise, introduce; announce, declare; articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise; get out; declare; declare; note, observe, mention, remark; add, append, supply; explain; give; summarize, summarise, sum, sum up |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
| Similar to | say |
| Nouns | say |
| Meaning | Report or maintain. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They say that there was a traffic accident |
| Examples | "The registrar says that I owe the school money" |
| Synonyms | allege, aver |
| Narrower | plead |
| Broader | assert, asseverate, maintain |
| Nouns | say |
| Meaning | Express a supposition. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" |
| Synonyms | suppose |
| Broader | speculate |
| Meaning | Have or contain a certain wording or form. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "What does the law say?" |
| Synonyms | read |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Similar to | read |
| Meaning | State as one's opinion or judgement. Declare. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "I say let's forget this whole business" |
| Similar to | state, say, tell |
| Nouns | say |
| Meaning | Utter aloud. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to |
| Meaning | Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | order, tell, enjoin |
| Narrower | direct; instruct; command, require, compel; call, send for; warn |
| Broader | request |
| Meaning | Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I cannot say `zip wire'" |
| Synonyms | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate |
| Entails | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Narrower | twang; devoice; raise; lilt; palatalize, palatalise; nasalize, nasalise; mispronounce; aspirate; voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise; retroflex; subvocalize, subvocalise; syllabize, syllabise; drawl; round, labialize, labialise; lisp; stress, accent, accentuate; vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise; click; trill; sibilate; flap; explode; roll |
| Meaning | Recite or repeat a fixed text. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "Say grace" |
| Broader | recite |
| Nouns | saying |
| Meaning | Communicate or express nonverbally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" |
| Broader | convey, impart |
| Similar to | say |
| Meaning | Indicate. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The clock says noon" |
| Broader | read, register, show, record |
| Similar to | say |