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Definition of saying :
1. of Say
2. That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
Synonyms:
attesting to, advertising, apothegm, claiming, demonstrating, alleging, expression, giving out, publicizing, making an announcement, averring, drafting a proposition, formula, construction, swearing, vouching, statement, locution, implying, making clear, announcing, noticing, manifestation, propounding, informing, word, asserting, observing, verbalism, truism, grammatical construction, phrasing, making a statement, words, face, revealing, reflexion, facial expression, aspect, noting, reflection, pointing out, utterance, testifying to, avouching, certifying to, stressing, verbal expression, look, formulation, aphorism, maintaining, insisting on, affirming, stating, making a declaration, making public
instruction (part of speech: noun)
dictum, adage, doctrine, precept, policy, ordinance, byword, motto, principle, bidding, axiom, directive, rule, credo, saw, instruction, proverb, teaching, catchword, code, edict, moral
speaking (part of speech: verb)
jabbering, prattling, chattering, speaking, talking, preaching, gabbing, pattering, vocalizing, chitchatting, lecturing, reciting, tattling, discussing, remarking, voicing, debating, babbling, orating
maxim (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
- Needn't think I don't know just what I'm saying and what I'm doing. - "Out of the Primitive", Robert Ames Bennet.
- One of them was saying: " Ol' Murdock's dawgs is a- cryin' and a- moanin'-" And the other answered: " Oh, Lor'!" - "Tom of the Raiders", Austin Bishop.
- Keep them without saying anything about it. - "The Other Girls", Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.