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1. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
   "said party has denied the charges";
   - aforesaid, aforementioned, aforenamed

1. Express in words
   "He said that he wanted to marry her";
   - state, tell
    
2. Report or maintain
   "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money";
   - allege, aver
    
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?";
   - suppose
    
4. Have or contain a certain wording or form
   "What does the law say?";
   - read
    
5. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
   "I said to him to go home";
   - order, tell, enjoin
    
6. Say (a word, phrase or syllable) in a certain way
   "I cannot say 'zip wire'";
   - pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate
    
7. Communicate or express nonverbally
   "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
    
8. Utter aloud
   "She said 'Hello' to everyone in the office"
    
9. State as one's opinion or judgement; declare
   "I say let's forget this whole business"
    
10. Recite or repeat a fixed text
    "Say grace"; "She said her 'Hail Mary'"
     
11. Indicate
    "The clock says noon"

See also: same

Type of: assert, asseverate, convey, express, feature, give tongue to, have, maintain, muse, read, recite, record, register, request, show, speculate, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Said, Mohammed