- So did you think of something to say? - Actually, I did.
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noun a right to speak about something ○ The children have no say in the matter. ○ She always wants to have the final say in an argument. ○ They will all expect to have their say in choosing the new leader. ■ verb 1. to speak words ○ I was just saying that we never see James any more. ○ What’s she saying? – I don’t know, I don’t understand Dutch. ○ She says the fee is £3 per person. ○ Don’t forget to say ‘thank you’ after the party. ○ The weather forecast said it was going to rain and it did. 2. to give information in writing ○ The letter says that we owe the bank £200. ○ The notice says that you are not allowed to walk on the grass. 3. to suggest something ○ Choose any number – (let’s) say eighteen. ○ Let’s have another meeting next week – shall we say Thursday? ■ interj US to show surprise ○ Say! haven’t we met someplace before?
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(sa), obs. imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer.
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(sa), n. [Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] “If those principal works of God … be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit.” Hooker. “Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes.” Shak. 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] “He found a sword of better say.” Spenser. 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.
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v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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n. [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa•gos. See Sagum.] 1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] “Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!” Shak. 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] “His garment neither was of silk nor say.” Spenser.
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Simba learns to say "Hakuna Matata" in The Lion King.
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