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say
CEFRA1
/seɪ/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To speak words or give information.
- 02
verb
To express an opinion, idea, or instruction.
Examples
I just don't know what to say.
We had no say in the decision to sell the company.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- [sɛj]
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo recite.
To tell, either verbally or in writing.
To pronounce.
More examples
In contextThey say love is blind.
He said he would be here tomorrow.
Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
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Origin
verb
From Middle English saien, sain, san, secgan, segen, seien, sein, seiȝen, sugen, sægen, ziggen, from Old English seċġan, secgean, secggan, secggean, seggan, sæċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekʷ- (“to say”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii, sjide, sooi, säie (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Alemannic German ŝchége, ŝchegi, séege, säge, sägä (“to say”), Bavarian sogn, soon, sågn (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Vilamovian ziöen, zuön,...