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Synonyms for saying

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sey-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ ɪŋ

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Définition of saying

Origin :
  • "utterance, recitation, action of the verb 'say,' " c.1300, verbal noun from say (v.); meaning "something that has been said" (usually by someone thought important) is from c.1300; sense of "a proverb" is first attested mid-15c.
  • Ça va sans dire, a familiar French locution, whose English equivalent might be "that is a matter of course," or "that may be taken for granted." But recently it has become the tendency to translate it literally, "that goes without saying," and these words, though originally uncouth and almost unmeaning to the unpractised ear, are gradually acquiring the exact meaning of the French. [Walsh, 1892]
  • noun maxim, proverb
Example sentences :
  • Eudora took it with a deep blush, saying, "Aspasia gave it to me."
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • At length the servant returned, saying his master was now ready to see them.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Then I heard a voice, saying, 'Lo, the soul seeketh to ascend!'
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • That seemed short enough—but after studying it, I says, What's the use of saying 'eat'?
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I thanked her; and she withdrew to read them; saying, she would return them, when she had.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "When you came through the town you waked me up like a whiplash," he was saying.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "I can't tell you what I mean," he was saying in explanation.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She was saying in a thick, soft voice, "It was wrong of you, my darling."
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • She kept on saying to herself that Mamma didn't know; she didn't know what she had done.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • I don't like deceiving my mother; but I should not like to pain her by saying I have been to the theatre.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

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