Definition as Noun

• the chance to speak

Definition as Verb

• communicate or express nonverbally
• utter aloud
• state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
• recite or repeat a fixed text
• indicate
• report or maintain
• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
• have or contain a certain wording or form
• express in words
• express a supposition

• allege, aver

• order, tell, enjoin

• pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate

• read

• state, tell

• suppose

• "let him have his say"

• "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

• "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

• "I say let's forget this whole business"

• "say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"

• "The clock says noon"

• "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

• "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

• "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

• "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

• "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

• "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

• Say vs allege
• Say vs aver
• Say vs order
• Say vs tell
• Say vs enjoin
• Say vs pronounce
• Say vs articulate
• Say vs enounce
• Say vs sound out
• Say vs enunciate
• Say vs read
• Say vs state
• Say vs suppose