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said¹

  • /sɛd/
  • [sɛd̥]
  • /seɪd/ New England, dialectal

Sounds like sed · Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.

verb saide · sayde · seyde · sayed · sed

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of say It´s said to be a good roadhouse.

adjective saide · sayde · seyde · sayed · sed

  1. not comparable Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. The said party has denied the charges.

determiner saide · sayde · seyde · sayed · sed

  1. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid. Said party has denied the charges.

Said²

  • /saɪd/

Sounds like side · Rhymes with -aɪd

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سَعِيد (saʕīd).

proper noun Sa'id · Saeed · Saïd · Sayeed

  1. A male given name from Arabic.
  2. A surname from Arabic.

noun Saids · Sa'id · Saeed · Saïd · Sayeed

  1. alternative Alternative form of Sayyid

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: aforesaid, aforementioned, same, abovementioned, promised, precised, mean, were, stated, considered, statement, advised, confirmed, had, this, clarified

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adj mentioned earlier

Españoldicho
Portuguêsdito
Françaisdit
Deutschbesagt
Русскийупомя́нутый upomjánutyj, ска́занный skázannyj
العربيةالسَّابِقُ ذِكْرُهُ as-sābiqu ḏikruhu

det mentioned earlier

Españoldicho
한국어상기 sanggi
日本語前記 zenki, 該 gai
Françaisledit
Deutschbesagt
Русскийвышеупомя́нутый vyšeupomjánutyj, вышеука́занный vyšeukázannyj

name surname

中文賽義德 /赛义德 Sàiyìdé
РусскийСаи́д Saíd
العربيةسَعِيد saʕīd

name male given name

EspañolSaíd
日本語サイード Saīdo
中文賽義德 /赛义德 Sàiyìdé
FrançaisSaïd
РусскийСаи́д Saíd
العربيةسَعِيد saʕīd
עבריתסעיד Sa'íd

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@misc{said_2026,
  title = {said},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/said},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}