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Said Common

Said has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Adjective · Det · Proper Noun

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of say

"She said that she would arrive soon after he asked her about the plans."

In plain English: To say something out loud using your voice.

"He said that he would be late for dinner because traffic was bad."

Adjective
1

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

"works of all the aforementioned authors"

"said party has denied the charges"

2

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

"The judge ruled in favor of the defendant, as stated by the lawyer who argued that the contract had been signed months ago."

In plain English: Said means something that has already been said before.

"Since said words are not standard English, here is an example for the common verb form: He simply said he would be late."

Det
1

Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.

"The contract referred to said Article 5 in the previous paragraph."

Proper Noun
1

A male given name from Arabic

"Said arrived late to the meeting, apologizing for being stuck in traffic."

Example Sentences
"Since said words are not standard English, here is an example for the common verb form: He simply said he would be late." adj
"He said that he would be late for dinner because traffic was bad." verb
"She said hello to her neighbor when she walked by." verb
"He said he would be there on time for the meeting." verb
"They said they were ready to start dinner immediately." verb
See Also
formality logy according to earlier transcript unsay unsayable reported speech
Related Terms

Origin

The word "said" comes from Middle English forms of the verb say. It is essentially the past tense of say with the suffix -ed added.

Rhyming Words
aid zaid naid kaid waid caid laid raid paid braid quaid usaid staid plaid ubaid fraid nsaid danaid mydaid navaid
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