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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. as follows;
[syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Say \Say\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said (s[e^]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[=e]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s[aum]ga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.] 1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. [1913 Webster] Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. [1913 Webster] Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. [1913 Webster] After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster] 3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. [1913 Webster] But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. [1913 Webster] Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. [1913 Webster] It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

that is to say adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet]