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# said

«said» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of say: «Mom said yes.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past and past participle (say, says, said, saying); adjective (said — formal: already named)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Said is the past form of say: «Mom said yes.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#m1)

2) In old or formal writing, «said» means the one already named: «the said house». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a word of the story that brings speech; sometimes says a number; what someone said is data. In English lessons: «said» is the most common speech verb; others are asked, shouted, whispered. In stories: «"Hello," said the fox». In everyday life: «easier said than done», «enough said».

### examples

- Tom said he had 12 marbles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x1)
- The teacher said each child gets 2 pencils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x2)
- She said she would read 30 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x3)
- How many pages did she say she would read? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x4)
- «Come in!» said the old man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x5)
- Mum said we can go to the park later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x6)
- She said sorry for being late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x7)
- That's easier said than done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x8)
- He said that the bus was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x9)
- "Good morning, Little Red-Cap," he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/#x10)

### note

Carries no operation; the numbers in what is said are the data. Trap: what someone said they will do may not be what they did. Pronunciation: «sed», not «sayd». Trap in reading: something someone said is not always true; check the facts.

### In the corpora

- [The others in it may have said nothing in public, and a fair person remembers that.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/9/)
- [A quote stuck on a picture of a famous face is very easy to fake; look for where the person really said it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/13/)
- ["Everyone says so" in a gossip story usually means one unnamed person said it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/18/)
- [Drink, they'll be saying." Mum gently: "His family haven't said why, Mam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/5/)
- ["Musical differences" and "taking a break" mean only what was said; nobody outside the band knows the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «said» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/said/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.