say meaning
EN
[seɪ] [-eɪ] 
US WSay
- To say is to communicate orally.
- Say or SAY may refer to:
- NounPLsays
- VerbSGsaysPRsayingPT, PPsaidPT, PPsayed
- VT To pronounce.
- Please say your name slowly and clearly.
- VT To recite.
- Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
- To communicate, either verbally or in writing.
- He said he would be here tomorrow.
- To indicate in a written form.
- The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
- (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
- They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do."
- INF (imperative) Let's say; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
- A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
- Say he refuses. What do we do then?
- VI To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
- VT INF (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.
- 'My fifty pounds says three months after the invasion there'll be a free press in Iraq, and unmonitored internet access too.'
- To try; to assay.
- VT To pronounce.
- Adverb
- COL Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
- Say, what did you think about the movie?
- For example; let us assume.
- Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
- He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
- COL Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
- Conjunction
- INF Used to introduce a hypothetical.
- Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it ok to steal some food?
- INF Used to introduce a hypothetical.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Mozart could be said to personify the idea of a musical genius.
- I must have made him angry with my comment. He’s been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I said it.
- A man with a showy carriage and horses is said to have a fine turn-out.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Say he's been misguided by the rebels, and how they've inveigled him, till he's turned rebel himself; and how he's now out with Marion's men, in Major Singleton's squad.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- “You’ll have half the participants BlackBerrying each other as a submeeting, with a running commentary on the primary meeting,” Mr. Reines said.
- “New York was a leader in postwar suburbanization and is now leading the trend toward suburban aging,” Dr. Frey said.
- Miss Thorn began digging up the turf with her lofter: it was a painful moment for me. ¶ “You might at least have tried me, Mrs. Cooke,” I said.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of say in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Conjunctions
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Defective verbs
- Impersonal verbs
- Impersonal verbs
- Reporting verbs
- Impersonal verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Verbs by inflection type
- Irregular verbs
- Defective verbs
- Impersonal verbs
- Impersonal verbs
- Defective verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Defective verbs
- Adverbs
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "say" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a conjunction. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a defective verb, a reporting verb, an impersonal verb, an intransitive verb, a transitive verb and a verbs by inflection type.