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Definition of Say

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.

Say Quotations

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Erma Bombeck

William Butler Yeats Quote
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
William Butler Yeats

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
Eleanor Roosevelt

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
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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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