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An example use of say in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… oh no oh don't like I say you can get a …”
Say means to pronounce something, to express an opinion, or a thought.
the word say occurs in english on average 685.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that say can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;