verb
To pronounce.
Please say your name slowly and clearly.
To recite.
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.
To tell, either verbally or in writing.
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.
To indicate in a written form.
The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
What time does it say on the clock?
To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
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.
noun
A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
To have a say
Above all, however, we would like to think that there is more to be decided, after the engines and after the humans have had their says.
adv
For example; let us assume.
Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.