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გამოთქმა: /seɪ/

განმარტებულია say სიტყვის თარგმნა სინონიმები

Universal
  • used to express surprise or to draw attention to a remark or question:say, did you notice any blood?

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • an opportunity for stating one’s opinion or feelings:she let him have his say
  • an opportunity to influence developments and policy:the assessor will have a say in how the money is spent [mass noun]:the households concerned would still have some say in what happened

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [reporting verb] utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction: [with direct speech]:‘Thank you,’ he said [with clause]:he said the fund stood at £100,000 [with object]:our parents wouldn’t believe a word we said [with infinitive]:he said to come early
  • (of a text or a symbolic representation) convey specified information or instructions: [with clause]:the Act says such behaviour is an offence
  • [with object] enable a listener or reader to learn or understand something by conveying or revealing (information or ideas):I don’t want to say too much figurativeher rise and fall says a lot about our brutal political system the film’s title says it all
  • [with object] (of a clock or watch) indicate (a specified time):the clock says ten past two
  • (be said) be asserted or reported: [with infinitive]:they were said to be training freedom fighters [with clause]:it is said that she lived to over a hundred
  • [with object] (say something for) present a consideration in favour of or excusing (someone or something):all I can say for him is that he’s a better writer than some
  • [with object] utter the whole of (a speech or other set of words, typically one learned in advance):the padre finished saying the Nunc Dimittis
  • 2 [with clause] assume something in order to work out what its consequences would be; make a hypothesis:let’s say we pay in five thousand pounds in the first year
  • used parenthetically to indicate that something is being suggested as possible or likely but not certain:the form might include, say, a dozen questions

go without saying

be obvious:it goes without saying that lay appointees must be selected with care
[translating French (cela) va sans dire]

have something to say for oneself

contribute a specified amount to a conversation or discussion:a dull girl with little to say for herself

how say you?

Law how do you find? (addressed to the jury when requesting its verdict).

I (or he, she, etc.) cannot (or could not) say

I (or he, she, etc.) do not know.

I'll say

informal used to express emphatic agreement:‘That was a good landing.’ ‘I’ll say!’

I must (or have to) say

I cannot refrain from saying (used to emphasize an opinion):you have a nerve, I must say!

I say!

British dated used to express surprise or to draw attention to a remark:I say, that’s a bit much!

I wouldn't say no

informal used to indicate that one would like something: I wouldn’t say no to a drink

not to say

used to introduce a stronger alternative or addition to something already said:it is easy to become sensitive, not to say paranoid

say no more

informal used to indicate that one understands what someone is trying to imply.

says I (or he, she etc.)

informal, chiefly British used after direct speech in reporting someone’s part in a conversation.

says you!

informal used in spoken English to express disagreement or disbelief:‘He’s guilty.’ ‘Says you. I think he’s innocent.’

say when

informal said when helping someone to food or drink to instruct them to indicate when they have enough.

say the word

give permission or instructions to do something.

that is to say

see that.

there is no saying

it is impossible to know.

they say

it is rumoured: they say he’s ruthless and unscrupulous

to say nothing of

another way of saying not to mention (see mention).

what do (or would) you say

used to make a suggestion or offer:what do you say to a glass of wine?

when all is said and done

when everything is taken into account (used to indicate that one is making a generalized judgement).

you can say that again!

informal used to express emphatic agreement: ‘The weather’s been bad.’ ‘You can say that again!’

you don't say (or you don't say so)!

informal used to express amazement or disbelief.

you (or you've) said it!

informal used to express agreement with what someone has said.

sayable

adjective

sayer

noun
[usually in combination]:nay-sayers

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