said

CEFRA1

/sɛd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of say; spoke words or gave information.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A male given name from Arabic.

Examples

  • Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.

  • That's the stupidest thing I've ever said.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /seɪd/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

  2. simple past and past participle of say

More examples

In context

  • This is what I would have said.

  • It´s said to be a good roadhouse.

  • The said party has denied the charges.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

He blank to the team that the meeting would start at three o'clock.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.