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

/ sɛd /

adjective

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

verb

1. See say
   the past tense and past participle of say 1

said

²

/ ˈsɑːɪd /

noun

1. See sayyid
   a variant of sayyid

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

And without physical evidence, cases often come down to “he said/she said.”

From The Daily Beast

No he-said-she-said, no muffled sounds through the dorm ceiling, no “Maybe he has other issues.”

From The Daily Beast

Accuse him of lying, it just gets his back up, and he gets all righteous, and it's just he said/he said.

From The Daily Beast

In a he said/she said, Ramin Setoodeh and Maria Elena Fernandez debate the merits of the latest Spidey adaptation.

From The Daily Beast

The case was still a she-said-he-said as the victim took the stand.

From The Daily Beast

A good plan for the "he-said" girl is to take her father as her ideal, and hero and lover.

From Project Gutenberg

The truth of this is not to be gain-said, but it is the utterance of an engineer who judges the merit of a thing by its utility.

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Close by the entrance stood a booth festooned with lamps and lanterns of every sort, with above it scrawled "Aladdin-Ibn-Said."

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Miss Vivian said-you know what she's like when she's in a hurry.

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"I s-s-said y-you," corrected Master Sturtevant, rising and taking a few cautious steps to test the state of his legs.

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