Definition of Say

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Definition of Say

Say

Saw.

Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

Tried quality; temper; proof.

Essay; trial; attempt.

To try; to assay.

A kind of silk or satin.

A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.

To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.

To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.

To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.

To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.

To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

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Say Quotations

Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
Mother Teresa

It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
Thomas Jefferson

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.
Thomas Jefferson

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
Stephen Covey

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.
Zig Ziglar

Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
Albert Einstein

One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Albert Einstein

Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.
Wayne Dyer

The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.
Wayne Dyer

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama

Say Translations

say in Danish is sige
say in Dutch is zeggen, opgeven
say in Finnish is sanoa
say in French is disent, dire, disons
say in German is besage, sagen, sagen
say in Hungarian is azaz
say in Latin is for, narro
say in Portuguese is dizer, palavra
say in Spanish is decir

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