said
v.v. to use your voice to express thoughts, facts, or feelings. You use this when you report what someone else told you.
v. to utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction. The past tense and past participle form of 'say'.
She said hello to me this morning.
The manager said that the meeting would be postponed until next Tuesday at the earliest.
While the report said very little about the specific causes of the failure, it highlighted several systemic vulnerabilities that required immediate attention from the board.
From Middle English seide (preterite) and seid, iseid (past participle), from Old English sǣde, sæġde (preterite) and ġesæġd (past participle), equivalent to say + -ed.
The verb is transitive; when used with a person as the indirect object, it requires the preposition 'to'.
He said me the truthHe told me the truth'Say' cannot take an indirect object (the person) without the preposition 'to'. Use 'tell' for a direct person-object construction.