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Definition of "said" [said]

  • Past tense and past participle of say. (verb)
  • Law Named or mentioned before; aforementioned: Said party has denied the charges. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "said" in a sentence
  • "If judgments about what is good or bad in itself merely express approval and disapproval ˜X is good™ said by me and ˜X is bad ˜said by you do not contradict one another."
  • "So I called my boss and the entire crew comes running out and we did just what he said, and people got held over just like I said, because we had to do the entire wax job work, * just like I said*"
  • "I trust Dow Jonas to faithfully report what Philip said, but it is possible that Philip just *said* this was "already in motion"."