transitive verb said, saying say′·ing, says (sez)

1. to utter, pronounce, or speak
2. to express in words; state; declare; tell
3. to state positively, with assurance, or as an opinion who can say what will be?
4. to indicate or show the clock says ten
5. to recite; repeat to say one's prayers
6. to estimate; assume; hypothesize he is, I'd say, forty
7. to allege; report people say he's angry
8. to communicate (an idea, feeling, etc.) a painting that says nothing

Etymology: ME seien (< orig. 3d pers. sing., pres. indic.), seggen < OE secgan, akin to sagu, a saying, tale (ON saga), Ger sagen, to say < IE base *sekw-, to note, see, show, say (> see, L inseque (imper.), tell!), orig., to follow > L sequi

intransitive verb

noun

1. a chance to speak to have one's say
2. power or authority, as to make or help make a final decision: often with the
3. Archaic what a person says; dictum

adverb

1. for example any fish, say perch
2. about; nearly costing, say, 10 dollars

interjection