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• “let him have his say“

• “He said that he wanted to marry her“
• “tell me what is bothering you“
• “state your opinion“
• “state your name“

Synonyms

• state express in words; put before; indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; the way something is with respect to its main attributes; the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; a politically organized body of people under a single government; (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); a state of depression or agitation; the territory occupied by a nation; the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
• tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; express in words; let something be known; narrate or give a detailed account of; give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; discern or comprehend; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; give evidence; mark as different

• “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“

Synonyms

• allege report or maintain
• aver report or maintain; to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• “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 express a supposition; expect, believe, or suppose; to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; take for granted or as a given; require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

• “The passage reads as follows“
• “What does the law say?“

Synonyms

• read something that is read; interpret something that is written or printed; have or contain a certain wording or form; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; interpret something in a certain way; be a student of a certain subject; indicate a certain reading; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; to hear and understand; make sense of a language

• “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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• order give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; make a request for something; issue commands or orders for ; bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; bring order to or into; place in a certain order; appoint to a clerical posts; arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; assign a rank or rating to; (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; established customary state (especially of society); logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; a condition of regular or proper arrangement; a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities; a formal association of people with similar interests; a body of rules followed by an assembly ; (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; a group of person living under a religious rule; (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families ; a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans ; the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
• tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; express in words; let something be known; narrate or give a detailed account of; give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; discern or comprehend; inform positively and with certainty and confidence; give evidence; mark as different
• enjoin issue an injunction ; give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• “She pronounces French words in a funny way“
• “I cannot say `zip wire’“
• “Can the child sound out this complicated word?“

Synonyms

• pronounce speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; pronounce judgment on
• articulate expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; consisting of segments held together by joints ; provide with a joint; put into words or an expression; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; unite by forming a joint or joints; express or state clearly
• enounce speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
• sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; try to learn someone’s opinions and intentions
• enunciate speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; express or state clearly

• “What does this painting say?“
• “Did his face say anything about how he felt?“

• “She said `Hello’ to everyone in the office“

• “declare“
• “I say let’s forget this whole business“

• “Say grace“
• “She said her `Hail Mary’“

• “The clock says noon“