Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have a say

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.82 in modern English

Syllables: have a say
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"He didn't have a say in deciding where he and his family would go on vacation."
"Lenin's premisses require us to believe that the interests and aims of a social class, the proletariat, can and indeed must be determined without that class having a say in the matter."
"The essence of a democracy is not that people vote on whatever they want, but that every adult has a say in how he or she is governed."
"We go to school and we go to work under conditions where people don't have a say in their day-to-day life; they don't have a say in the things that happen around them."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

has a say (present, singular) having a say (participle, present) had a say (participle, past) had a say (past) have one's say (alternative)

Questions

What does have a say mean?: To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion.

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