said

¹

[ sed ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of say ¹.

adjective

1. Chiefly Law. named or mentioned before; aforesaid; aforementioned:

   said witness;

   said sum.

said

²

[ sah-id ]

noun

, Islam.

1. sayyid.

said

¹

/ ˈsɑːɪd /

noun

1. a variant of sayyid

said

²

/ sɛd /

adjective

1. prenominal (in contracts, pleadings, etc) named or mentioned previously; aforesaid

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of say 1

Word History and Origins

Origin of said¹

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective

Idioms and Phrases

see easier said than done ; enough said ; no sooner said than done ; when all's said and done ; you said it . Also see under say .

Example Sentences

“I think people should be concerned, in the military and out of it, about the politicization of the military, and the attempt to use it to do the president’s personal will,” said Benjamin Friedman, policy director of the Washington-based think tank Defense Priorities, which advocates for restraint in U.S. foreign policy.

From Los Angeles Times

Army officer and chairman of VoteVets, a nonprofit group that supports veterans and progressive causes, said in a statement.

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“Pete is dedicated to ensuring that our military is focused on lethality and readiness, not woke ideology,” Johnson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

The former president’s longest-serving chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, made waves with a series of interviews in which he disclosed that Trump spoke wistfully of the loyalty of Hitler’s Nazi generals, and said he believed that Trump’s views aligned with “the general definition of fascist.”

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“The kind of outcome where you have a military that is used as the tool of a despot — I don’t think we’re particularly close to that,” said Friedman, of Defense Priorities.

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