meaning of say
1. Saw.
2. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
3. Tried quality; temper; proof.
4. Essay; trial; attempt.
5. To try; to assay.
6. A kind of silk or satin.
7. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
8. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
9. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
13. A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
14. say A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l". " Tends to imply a newline-terminated command a "sentence". A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesnt have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses mundanes. [Jargon File] sb
15. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Lets say you had a lot of money--what would you
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