say
     n : the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
     v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her";
          "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion";
          "state your name" [syn: {state}, {tell}]
     2: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
        crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";
        "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn: {allege},
         {aver}]
     3: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the
        truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you
        do?" [syn: {suppose}]
     4: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage
        reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: {read}]
     5: state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's
        forget this whole business"
     6: utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
     7: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with
        authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to
        do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get
        dressed" [syn: {order}, {tell}, {enjoin}]
     8: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces
        French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'";
        "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: {pronounce},
         {articulate}, {enounce}, {sound out}, {enunciate}]
     9: recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her
        `Hail Mary'"
     10: communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting
         say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
     11: indicate; "The clock says noon"
     [also: {said}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

say vt. 1. To type to a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, you
   have to say `ls -l'." Tends to imply a {newline}-terminated command (a
   `sentence'). 2. A computer may also be said to `say' things to you, even
   if it doesn't have a speech synthesizer, by displaying them on a
   terminal in response to your commands. Hackers find it odd that this
   usage confuses {mundane}s.


Source: The Jargon File