say

1. verb

1)

she felt her stomach flutter as he said her name

Syn:

speak, utter, voice, pronounce, give voice to, vocalize

2)

"I must go", she said

Syn:

declare, state, announce, remark, observe, mention, comment, note, add; reply, respond, answer, rejoin; informal come out with

3)

Newall says he's innocent

Syn:

claim, maintain, assert, hold, insist, contend; allege, profess; formal opine, aver

4)

I can't conjure up the words to say how I feel

Syn:

express, put into words, phrase, articulate, communicate, make known, put/get across, convey, verbalize; reveal, divulge, impart, disclose; imply, suggest

5)

they sang hymns and said a prayer

Syn:

recite, repeat, utter, deliver, perform, declaim, orate

6)

the clock said one twenty

Syn:

indicate, show, read

7)

I'd say it's about five miles

Syn:

estimate, judge, guess, hazard a guess, predict, speculate, surmise, conjecture, venture; informal reckon

8)

let's say you'd just won a million dollars

Syn:

suppose, assume, imagine, presume, hypothesize, postulate, posit

2. noun

1)

everyone is entitled to their say

Syn:

chance to speak, turn to speak, opinion, view, voice; informal two cents, two cents' worth

2)

don't I have any say in the matter?

Syn:

influence, sway, weight, voice, input, share, part

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- that is to say

- to say the least