Engelsk navneord: say | |||
1. | say (om tilstand) the chance to speak | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Let him have his say. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | chance, opportunity | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: say | |||
1. | say (om kommunikation) express in words | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He said that he wanted to marry her. Tell me what is bothering you. State your opinion. State your name. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | state, tell | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
Mere specifikke termer | add, announce, answer, append, articulate, declare, declare, declare, enunciate, explain, get out, give, introduce, lay out, mention, misstate, note, observe, precede, preface, premise, present, remark, reply, represent, respond, sum, sum up, summarise, summarize, supply, vocalise, vocalize | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | say | ||
2. | say (om kommunikation) report or maintain | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They say that there was a traffic accident | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | allege, aver | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | assert, asseverate, maintain | ||
Mere specifikke termer | plead | ||
3. | say (om kommunikation) express a supposition | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Let us say that he did not tell the truth. Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | suppose | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | speculate | ||
4. | say (om tilstand) have or contain a certain wording or form | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The passage reads as follows. What does the law say?. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | read | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | feature, have | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | read | ||
5. | say (om kommunikation) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I said to him to go home. She ordered him to do the shopping. The mother told the child to get dressed. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | enjoin, order, tell | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | request | ||
Mere specifikke termer | call, command, direct, instruct, require, send for, warn | ||
6. | say (om kommunikation) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She pronounces French words in a funny way. I cannot say `zip wire'. Can the child sound out this complicated word?. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accent, accentuate, aspirate, click, devoice, drawl, explode, flap, labialise, labialize, lilt, lisp, mispronounce, misspeak, nasalise, nasalise, nasalize, nasalize, palatalise, palatalize, raise, retroflex, roll, round, sibilate, sound, stress, subvocalise, subvocalize, syllabise, syllabize, trill, twang, vocalise, vocalise, vocalize, vocalize, voice, vowelise, vowelize | ||
Kan forårsage | mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
7. | say (om kommunikation) communicate or express nonverbally | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | What does this painting say?. Did his face say anything about how he felt?. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | convey | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | say | ||
8. | say (om kommunikation) utter aloud | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She said `Hello' to everyone in the office. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
9. | say (om kommunikation) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I say let's forget this whole business. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | say, state, tell | ||
10. | say (om kommunikation) recite or repeat a fixed text | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Say grace. She said her `Hail Mary'. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | recite | ||
11. | say (om kommunikation) indicate | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The clock says noon. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | read, record, register, show | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | say | ||