Says

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /sɛz/

Definitions

1. To articulate a message or opinion in spoken form
2. To communicate information or beliefs verbally to others
3. To express thoughts, opinions, or information through speech ; to convey meaning or suggest something indirectly

Etymology: "Says" is the third-person singular present of "say," so its real story is the history of "say" itself. The verb descends from Old English "secgan" and "sæċġan," which meant "to say" or "speak," and it is ancient in the Germanic family: German "sagen," Dutch "zeggen," Swedish "säga" and Icelandic "segja" all carry the same sense. The Old English forms ultimately go back to a reconstructed root meaning "to say," shared with the Latin "inquam," which survives in English only in the speech tag "quoth"-free scholarly contexts rather than as a common word. The verb's sound has shifted considerably over the centuries. Middle English spellings such as "seien," "seyen" and "sein" show the vowel changing before settling into the modern pronunciation, and the spelling "says" in the third person reflects the same long-standing pattern that governs most English present-tense verbs. Because "say" is one of the most frequently used verbs in the language, it kept many irregular features that less common verbs lost.

Synonyms: states, declares, expresses, articulates, communicates

Antonyms: conceals, withholds, silences, denies, neglects