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say no

say no verb: to disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong.

say no: to disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong
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Verb

say no (third-person singular simple present says no, present participle saying no, simple past and past participle said no)

  1. (informal) To disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong.
  2. (informal) To reject something.
    • Just say no to drugs.

say no meaning in Hindi and Gujarati

say no in Hindi

to say no
ना करना nā karnā

say no in Gujarati

to say no
નકારવું nakārvũ

Forms of say no

third-person singular presentsays no
present participlesaying no
past participlesaid no
pastsaid no

Questions about say no

What does say no mean?
Say no means to disagree; to think that something or someone is doing or saying is wrong.
What is say no in Hindi?
Say no in Hindi is ना करना (nā karnā). See Say no meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is say no?
Say no is a verb.
What is the past tense of say no?
The past tense of say no is said no.

Words near say no in the dictionary

  1. say it all
  2. say it louder for the ones in the back
  3. say it, don't spray it
  4. say la vee
  5. say less
  6. say no
  7. say no more
  8. say none
  9. say nothing
  10. say on pay
  11. say one's piece

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Adapted from Wiktionary: say no (page history and authors); ना करना (Hindi) (page history and authors); નકારવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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