Definition of say

"say" in the noun sense

1. say

the chance to speak

"let him have his say"

"say" in the verb sense

1. state, say, tell

express in words

"He said that he wanted to marry her"

"tell me what is bothering you"

"state your opinion"

"state your name"

2. allege, aver, say

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"

3. suppose, say

express a supposition

"Let us say that he did not tell the truth"

"Let's say you had a lot of money

4. read, say

have or contain a certain wording or form

"The passage reads as follows"

"What does the law say?"

5. order, tell, enjoin, say

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"

6. pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

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?"

7. say

communicate or express nonverbally

"What does this painting say?"

"Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

8. say

utter aloud

"She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

9. say

state as one's opinion or judgement declare

"I say let's forget this whole business"

10. say

recite or repeat a fixed text

"Say grace"

"She said her `Hail Mary'"

11. say

indicate

"The clock says noon"

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Quotations for say

I hear, but say nothing. [ Motto ]

What will Mrs. Grundy say? [ Thos. Morton ]

Maids say nay, and take it. [ Proverb ]

They say so, is half a lie. [ Proverb ]

Tell it well or say nothing. [ Proverb ]

But to say nothing of myself. [ Ovid ]

Learn to say before you sing. [ Proverb ]

That is true which all men say. [ Proverb ]

A plague of all cowards, I say. [ William Shakespeare ]

I'd say he's done more than that. [ Yogi Berra, when asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season ]

That must be true which all men say. [ Proverb ]

Let none say I will not drink water. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Second thoughts, they say, are best. [ John Dryden ]

Who is he who dares say all he thinks? [ De Finod ]

I didn't really say everything I said. [ Yogi Berra ]

Nature and wisdom always say the same. [ Juvenal ]

Say no ill of the year till it be past. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Who will sell the cow must say the word. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

We say little if not egged on by vanity. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. [ Selden ]

A man's life's no more than to say, One! [ William Shakespeare ]

To say you are welcome were superfluous. [ William Shakespeare ]

Say well is good, but Do well is better. [ Proverb ]

Poor folks must say thank ye for a little. [ Proverb ]

If you say nothing, nobody will repeat it. [ Proverb ]

When you have nothing to say, say nothing. [ Colton ]

They say that love hath not an eye at all. [ William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II. Sc.4 ]

You cannot say mass but at your own altar. [ Proverb ]

He'll soon be a beggar that cannot say nay. [ Proverb ]

They say, poor suitors have strong breaths. [ William Shakespeare ]

Once a year a man may say, On his conscience. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Half-witted fellows speak much and say little. [ Proverb ]

Men who have much to say use the fewest words. [ H. W. Shaw ]

One may say too much even on the best subject. [ Proverb ]

They say women and music should never be dated. [ Goldsmith ]

Lied is a rough phrase; say he fell from truth. [ Browning ]

Better say nothing, than nothing to the purpose. [ Proverb ]

They say that the best counsel is that of woman. [ Calderon ]

Be silent, or say something better than silence. [ Pythagoras ]

So wise, so young, they say, do never live long. [ William Shakespeare ]

A man may say even his pater-noster out of time. [ Proverb ]

What my tongue dares not that my heart shall say. [ William Shakespeare ]

Who dares to say that he alone has found the truth? [ Longfellow ]

A man may say too much even on the best of subjects. [ Proverb ]

Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing unto him. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

We may say his wit shines at the expense of his memory. [ Le Sage ]

For they say, if money go before, all ways do lie open. [ William Shakespeare ]

The best of the sport is to do the deed and say nothing. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

What I was ashamed to say, love has ordered me to write. [ Ovid ]

Be silent, or say something that is better than silence. [ German Proverb ]

I am a barbarian here, for no one understands what I say. [ Ovid ]

Sweet flowers alone can say what passion fears revealing. [ Moore ]

She that marries ill never wants something to say for it. [ Proverb ]

Let me say amen betimes, lest the devil cross my prayers. [ William Shakespeare ]

I cannot hear what you say for listening to what you are. [ Emerson ]

It is not as your mother says, but as your neighbours say. [ Proverb ]

Without big words, how could many people say small things? [ J. Petit-Senn ]

People who have nothing to say are never at a loss in talking. [ Henry Wheeler Shaw (pen name Josh Billings) ]

Be the first to say what is self-evident, and you are immortal. [ Marie Ebner-Eschenbach ]

It is remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say. [ Prior ]

Put your finger into the fire, and say it was your ill fortune. [ Proverb ]

Happy, indeed, the man who can say that he owes no man anything. [ Newell Dwight Hillis ]

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. [ Carlyle ]

Let him say what he will, men have spoken well of God before now. [ Proverb ]

And one may say that his wit shines at the expense of his memory. [ Alain Rene Le Sage ]

She was so hungry she could not stay for the parson to say grace. [ Proverb ]

The chapel is not so little, but the priest may say service in it. [ Proverb ]

If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. [ Marcus Aurelius ]

He that listens after what people say of him shall never have peace. [ Proverb ]

Some never think of what they say; others never say what they think. [ De Finod ]

Dissimulation they say is very wicked, yet we live by dissimulation. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Trembling lips, tuned to such grief that they say bright words sadly. [ Sydney Dobell ]

Whatever poet, orator, or sage May say of it, old age is still old age. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Men say of women what pleases them; women do with men what pleases them. [ De Segur ]

Age makes us not childish, as some say; it finds us still true children. [ Goethe ]

Well, if my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. [ William Shakespeare ]

When I say, Be not a miser, I do not bid you become a worthless prodigal. [ Horace ]

Better be a cuckold and not know it, than be none, and every body say so. [ Proverb ]

The secret of tiring is to say everything that can be said on the subject. [ Voltaire ]

Though your water be never so muddy, do not say, I will never drink of it. [ Proverb ]

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Marriage in our days? - I would almost say that it is a rape, by contract. [ Michelet ]

There is no health; physicians say that we, at best, enjoy but neutrality. [ Donne ]

In a tête-à-tête we are never more interrupted than when we say nothing. [ Mlle. de Lespinasse ]

The world knows the worst of me, and I can say that I am better than my fame. [ Schiller ]

Whenever one has anything unpleasant to say one should always be quite candid. [ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest ]

Ask a kite for a feather, and she'll say, she has but just enough to fly with. [ Proverb ]

We say a thing is without rhyme or reason when it has neither number nor sense. [ Dr. Johnson ]

Who now travels that dark path to the bourne from which they say no one returns. [ Catullus ]

Let me embrace these sour adversities, for wise men say it is the wisest course. [ Shakespeare ]

say in Scrabble®

The word say is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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say in Words With Friends™

The word say is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

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Word Growth involving say

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Longer words containing say

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