Meanings
said1
alternative obsolete saide · alternative obsolete sayde · alternative obsolete seyde · alternative nonstandard sayed · alternative pronunciation spelling sed
alternative obsolete saide · alternative obsolete sayde · alternative obsolete seyde · alternative nonstandard sayed · alternative pronunciation spelling sed
- not comparableMentioned earlier; aforesaid.
The said party has denied the charges.
1 more example
How nicely we could manage without the said railway, now the great hobby of our Teviotdale lairds, if we could by any process of conjuration waft to Abbotsford some of the coal and lime from Lochore...
1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90, words written by Scott
alternative obsolete saide · alternative obsolete sayde · alternative obsolete seyde · alternative nonstandard sayed · alternative pronunciation spelling sed
- Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
Said party has denied the charges.
Said2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebeing the one previously mentioned or spoken of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
said · verb, adjective, determiner
- Old Englishsǣde
- Middle Englishseide
- Englishsaid
From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.
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Full word history & related roots →Said · proper noun, noun
- Arabicسَعِيد
- Arabicسَعِيد
- EnglishSaid
Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic السَّابِقُ ذِكْرُهُ, سَعِيد
- السَّابِقُ ذِكْرُهُ (as-sābiqu ḏikruhu)mentioned earlier
- سَعِيد (saʕīd)male given name
- سَعِيد (saʕīd)surname
Bengali সাঈদ, সাঈদ
- সাঈদ (śaid)male given name
- সাঈদ (śaid)surname
Chinese Mandarin 賽義德 /赛义德, 賽義德 /赛义德
- 賽義德 /赛义德 (Sàiyìdé)male given name
- 賽義德 /赛义德 (Sàiyìdé)surname
Dutch in kwestie, desbetreffend
- in kwestiementioned earlier
- desbetreffendmentioned earlier
- in kwestiementioned earlier
- desbetreffendmentioned earlier
Finnish samainen, kyseessä oleva
- samainenmentioned earlier
- kyseessä olevamentioned earlier
- edellä mainittumentioned earlier
- kyseinenmentioned earlier
- samainenmentioned earlier
- kyseessä olevamentioned earlier
- edellä mainittumentioned earlier
French dit, ledit
- ditmentioned earlier
- leditmentioned earlier
- Saïdmale given name
German besagt, besagt
- besagtmentioned earlier
- besagtmentioned earlier
Hebrew סעיד
- סעיד (Sa'íd)male given name
Hungarian (fent) említett, nevezett
- (fent) említettmentioned earlier
- nevezettmentioned earlier
- illetőmentioned earlier
Indonesian tersebut
- tersebutmentioned earlier
Japanese 前記, 該
- 前記 (zenki)mentioned earlier
- 該 (gai)mentioned earlier
- サイード (Saīdo)male given name
Korean 상기
- 상기 (sanggi)mentioned earlier
Malay tersebut
- tersebutmentioned earlier
Persian مذکور, سعید
- مذکور (mazkur)mentioned earlier
- سعید (sa'id)male given name
Portuguese dito
- ditomentioned earlier
Russian упомя́нутый, ска́занный
- упомя́нутый (upomjánutyj)mentioned earlier
- ска́занный (skázannyj)mentioned earlier
- вышеупомя́нутый (vyšeupomjánutyj)mentioned earlier
- вышеука́занный (vyšeukázannyj)mentioned earlier
- Саи́д (Saíd)male given name
- Саи́д (Saíd)surname
Spanish dicho, dicho
- dichomentioned earlier
- dichomentioned earlier
- Saídmale given name
Swedish i fråga, sagd
- i frågamentioned earlier
- sagdmentioned earlier
Urdu سَعِید
- سَعِید (sa'īd)male given name
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said. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/said
“said.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/said. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “said,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/said.
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