# said

Pronunciation: US say "SED" /sɛd/; UK

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of say. — simple past and past participle of say
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of say. Use this for words someone spoke before.
   - _He said the meeting would start at noon._
   - _Everything that was said at the negotiation stayed confidential._

## Determiner

2. Referring to a particular person or thing already mentioned earlier.
   - Simple: Already named or talked about earlier in the same text.
   - _The said witness failed to appear at the hearing._
   - _Payment for said services is due within thirty days._

## Adjective

3. Already mentioned or referred to earlier in the discourse.
   - Simple: Already mentioned before in the same text or talk.
   - _The said items were listed on the original invoice._
   - _Tenants must vacate the said premises by the end of the month._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English seide (past tense) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde and ġesæġd, equivalent to "say" plus "-ed."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/said (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).