say

1. (transitive) To pronounce.Examples: "Please say your name slowly and clearly."transitive

2. (transitive) To recite.Examples: "Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?"; "Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer."transitive

3. (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.Examples: "He said he would be here tomorrow."; "No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait."; "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive."transitive

4. (transitive) To indicate in a written form.Examples: "The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris."; "What time does it say on the clock?"transitive

5. (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.Examples: "They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do.""; "They say that Hope is happiness; But genuine Love must prize the past."; "It is said, a bargain cannot be set aside upon inadequacy only."impersonaltransitive

6. (informal, imperative, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.Examples: "A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice."; "Say he refuses. What do we do then?"; "Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it okay to steal some food?"imperativeinformaltransitive