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say [n]

1)	the chance to speak; "let him have his say"

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chance allege

say [v]

1)	express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"

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state tell

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express narrator apprisal affirmation statement lay_out misstate answer introduce announce articulate get_out declare declare mention add explain give sum

2)	report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

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allege aver

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assert allegation plead

3)	express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"

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suppose

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speculate conjecture assumption

4)	have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

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read

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feature read read

5)	state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"

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6)	utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"

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express

7)	give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"

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enjoin order tell

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request injunction decree order direct instruct command call warn

8)	speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

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articulate enounce enunciate pronounce sound_out

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mouth diction articulation articulation articulator orthoepy pronunciation twang devoice raise lilt palatalise nasalise mispronounce aspirate sound retroflex subvocalise syllabise drawl labialise lisp accent vocalise click trill sibilate flap explode roll

9)	recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"

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recite expression

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communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"

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convey

11)

indicate; "The clock says noon"

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read

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l"." Tends to imply a newline-terminated command (a "sentence").

A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses mundanes.

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