Meanings
- Used to introduce a hypothetical.
... Let's say that a stock you're interested in, Bright Light, is cur- rently trading at $20 a share. You decide you ... Let's say you want to buy 1000 shares of a stock that is selling for $15 a share. How much will it cost you? The[…]
2003 September 22, Michael Sincere, Understanding Stocks, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 131 more example
... Let's say you paint a stream . You look at the water . You see the different colors . Or you watch the sea - the waves . You see the different colors that you should use to paint them . " Let's say your stream is flowing downhill . You[…]
1953, ARTnews, page 39 - Used sarcastically to indicate that the next phrase is not meant seriously
Translations
Italian mettiamo che, metti che
- mettiamo cheTranslations
- metti cheTranslations
Polish powiedzmy
- powiedzmyTranslations
Spanish digamos
- digamosTranslations
Swedish anta att
- anta attTranslations
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let's say. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let's%20say
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