Said

adj. previously named, aforementioned, aforesaid (Law)

v. utter, express verbally; assume, suppose; claim, declare, assert

Sa‘īd () is a male Arabic given name meaning "happy", used by both Christian and Muslim Arabs. The name can also be transliterated as Saïd or Said.
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Adjective
1. being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has denied the charges"
(synonym) aforesaid(a), aforementioned(a), said(a)
(similar) same

Noun
1. the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
(hypernym) opportunity, chance
Verb
1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
(synonym) state, tell
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
(hyponym) present, represent, lay out
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"
(synonym) allege, aver
(hypernym) assert, asseverate, maintain
(hyponym) 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?"
(synonym) suppose
(hypernym) speculate
4. have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
(synonym) read
(hypernym) have, feature
(verb-group) read
5. state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"
(verb-group) state, tell
6. utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
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"
(synonym) order, tell, enjoin
(hypernym) request
(hyponym) direct
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?"
(synonym) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate
(hyponym) twang
(entail) talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
9. recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"
(hypernym) recite
(derivation) saying, expression, locution
10. communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
(hypernym) convey, impart
11. indicate; "The clock says noon"
(hypernym) read, register, show, record

imp. & p. p. of Say.
  

(imp. & p. p.)
of Say
  

(a.)
Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.
  

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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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