say
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(verb) indicate; "The clock says noon" |
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Related Words: read, record, register, show |
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(verb) communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?" "Did his face say anything about how he felt?" |
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Related Words: convey, impart |
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(verb) recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'" |
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Related Words: recite |
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(verb) utter aloud; "She said 'Hello' to everyone in the office" |
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Related Words: express, give tongue to, utter |
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(verb) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business" |
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(noun) the chance to speak; "let him have his say" |
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Related Words: chance, opportunity |
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(verb) express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" |
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Synonyms: suppose |
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Related Words: speculate |
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(verb) express an idea, etc. in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion" |
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Synonyms: state, tell |
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Related Words: add, announce, answer, append, articulate, declare, enunciate, explain, express, get out, give, give tongue to, introduce, lay out, mention, misstate, note, observe, play down, preface, premise, present, remark, reply, respond, soft-pedal, supply, utter, vocalize |
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(verb) have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" |
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Synonyms: read |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) report or maintain; "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" |
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Synonyms: allege, aver |
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Related Words: assert, asseverate, maintain, plead |
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(verb) tell somebody to do something; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping" |
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Synonyms: enjoin, order, tell |
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Related Words: call, command, compel, direct, instruct, request, require, send for |
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(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'" |
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Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce |
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Related Words: accent, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, palatalise, palatalize, raise, roll, round, sibilate, sound, stress, syllabize, trill, twang, vocalize, voice, vowelize |
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