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say
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?, IPA(key): /se?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English seyen, seien, seggen, from Old English se??an (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjan? (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sok?-h?-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sek?- (“to tell, talk”).
Cognate with West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk seia (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.
Alternative forms
- saie, saye, seye (obsolete)
- thay, zay (pronunciation spelling)
Verb
say (third-person singular simple present says, present participle saying, simple past and past participle said)
- (transitive) To pronounce.
- (transitive) To recite.
- (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- I want to say I’m sorry for yesterday. — It’s okay, Anna.
- I want to say I’m sorry for yesterday. — It’s okay, Anna.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
- (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- 1815, George Gordon Byron, The Hebrew Melodies/They say that Hope is happiness:
- They say that Hope is happiness; But genuine Love must prize the past.
- 1819, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, page 8:
- It is said, a bargain cannot be set aside upon inadequacy only.
- 1841, Christopher Marshall, The Knickerbocker (New-York Monthly Magazine), page 379:
- It’s said that fifteen wagon loads of ready-made clothes for the Virginia troops came to, and stay in, town to-night.
- 1815, George Gordon Byron, The Hebrew Melodies/They say that Hope is happiness:
- (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it okay to steal some food?
- 1984, Martin Amis, Money: a suicide note
- I've followed Selina down the strip, when we're shopping, say, and she strolls on ahead, wearing sawn-off jeans and a wash-withered T-shirt […]
- (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
say (plural says)
- A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
Translations
Adverb
say (not comparable)
- For example; let us assume.
Interjection
say
- (colloquial) Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
Synonyms
- (used to gain attention): hey
References
- say in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- say in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2
From Middle French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“military cloak”).
Noun
say (countable and uncountable, plural says)
- A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
Etymology 3
Aphetic form of assay.
Verb
say (third-person singular simple present says, present participle saying, simple past and past participle sayed)
- To try; to assay.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Noun
say (plural says)
- Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, page 193
- If those principal works of God […] be but certain tastes and says, as if were, of that final benefit.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, page 193
- Tried quality; temper; proof.
- Essay; trial; attempt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Etymology 4
Noun
say (plural says)
- (Scotland) A strainer for milk.
Anagrams
- AYs, ays, yas
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
Deverbal of saymaq.
Noun
say (definite accusative say?, plural saylar)
- number, quantity, count
- Synonyms: ?d?d, r?q?m
- (grammar) numeral
- (colloquial) value, importance
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *say.
Noun
say (definite accusative say?, plural saylar)
- shallow, shoal
Declension
Crimean Tatar
Noun
say
- shallow place, island
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[4], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Middle English
Noun
say
- Alternative form of assay
Portuguese
Verb
say
- Obsolete spelling of sai
Tatar
Noun
say
- area covered with stones
Turkish
Verb
say
- second-person singular imperative of saymak
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *p-ri? (“drunk”); cognate with Muong khay, Arem p?r??.
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [saj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?aj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a(?)j??] ~ [sa(?)j??]
Verb
say • (????)
- to be drunk; to be inebriated
- (by extension) to be (car, sea, etc.) sick
- (figuratively) to be enamoured of; to take a deep interest in
Derived terms
Adjective
say
- deep (of sleep); fast asleep
say From the web:
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accuse
English
Etymology
First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin acc?s? (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?kyo?oz?, IPA(key): /??kju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /??kjuz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Hyphenation: ac?cuse
Verb
accuse (third-person singular simple present accuses, present participle accusing, simple past and past participle accused)
- (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
- (transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence
- Synonyms: charge, indict, impeach, arraign
- (intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
- Synonyms: blame, censure, reproach, criminate
Usage notes
- (legal): When used this way accused is followed by the word of.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
accuse (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Accusation.
Further reading
- accuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- accuse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- accuse at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cuecas
French
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular present indicative of accuser
- third-person singular present indicative of accuser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of accuser
- second-person singular imperative of accuser
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Noun
accuse f
- plural of accusa
Portuguese
Verb
accuse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of accusar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of accusar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of accusar
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