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say-so

UK/ˈseɪˌsəʊ/US/ˈseɪˌsoʊ/

say-so noun: authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.

Noun

say-so (plural say-sos)

  1. (informal) Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.
    • I wouldn't buy anything that expensive just on the say-so of a saleman.
    • You are not to go into that room without my say-so.
    Synonyms:
    leave, permission

say-so meaning in Malayalam

say-so in Malayalam

agreement, authorization, (seal of) approval
അധികൃതാംഗീകാരം, അധികാരപ്പെട്ടവർ എടുത്ത തീരുമാനം, അംഗീകാരാധികാരം, സമ്മതാവകാശം, സമ്മതം, അങ്ങനെയാകട്ടെയെന്നു പറയൽ

Examples of say-so in a sentence

  • the answer is that we just 'think' ourselves to Be Goodness Itself, we confer that Goodness upon ourselves by say-so, […]1988, Boris Aldanov, The human predicament, volume 1, page 134:
  • We could only know the authors are eye witnesses by taking it on their say-so, that is, by believing them, or by believing a string of say-sos.2007, Francesca Aran Murphy, God Is Not a Story: Realism Revisited:
  • If you're on the bad side, then you can't have help, you've got no say-so, and you've got no rights, […]"1999, Jack C. Doppelt, Ellen Shearer, Nonvoters: America's no-shows, page 162:

Synonyms of say-so

Forms of say-so

pluralsay-sos
alternative formsayso

Origin of say-so

From say + so. Compare says who.

Questions about say-so

What does say-so mean?
Say-so means authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command.
What is say-so in Malayalam?
Say-so in Malayalam is അധികൃതാംഗീകാരം, അധികാരപ്പെട്ടവർ എടുത്ത തീരുമാനം, അംഗീകാരാധികാരം. See Say-so meaning in Malayalam.
How do you use say-so in a sentence?
the answer is that we just 'think' ourselves to Be Goodness Itself, we confer that Goodness upon ourselves by say-so, […]
What part of speech is say-so?
Say-so is a noun.
How do you pronounce say-so?
Say-so is pronounced /ˈseɪˌsəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of say-so?
The plural of say-so is say-sos.

Words near say-so in the dictionary

  1. say you swear
  2. Say's law
  3. Say's phoebe
  4. say'st
  5. Say-Meyer syndrome
  6. say-so
  7. say-sos
  8. saya
  9. sayability
  10. sayable
  11. sayableness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: say-so (page history and authors); say-so (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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