Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
English: order, tell, enjoin, say
Bahasa: mengatakan, kata, berkata, menunjukkan, menyatakan, pesan, mengucapkan, menceritakan
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bersabdaBahasa Indonesia
say, speak, talk, tell, address
Common
#3,184 of the corpus · 33.4 per million words · 142,703 occurrences
From sabda (ber-) · less common, #8,315
Verb
Express a supposition
English: suppose, say
Bahasa: berkata, rasa, agak, mengucapkan, mengira, menyangka, mengabarkan, mengutarakan
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Express in speech
English: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Bahasa: mengatakan, berkata, berbicara, menyebut, mengungkapkan, bercakap, berpidato, berunding
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9 more verb senses
Exchange thoughts, talk with
English: talk, speak
Bahasa: berkata, berbicara, mengobrol, bercakap, berbincang, perundingan, berunding, berucap
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Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
English: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Bahasa: mengatakan, kata, berkata, berbicara, memutuskan, menyebut, mengungkapkan, mengumumkan
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Express in words
English: state, say, tell
Bahasa: mengatakan, kata, berkata, menunjukkan, menyatakan, mengungkapkan, menyebutkan, mengucapkan
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Report or maintain
English: allege, aver, say
Bahasa: melaporkan, mengucapkan, menuduh, mengabarkan, mengutarakan, berucap, berujar, menyabdakan
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Give a speech to
English: address, speak
Bahasa: berkata, berbicara, mengarahkan, menyapa, berpidato, berucap, bertutur, bertitah
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Have or contain a certain wording or form
English: read, say
Bahasa: mengatakan, berkata, membaca, mengucapkan, berbunyi, bercakap, mengabarkan, mengutarakan
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Use language
English: speak, talk
Bahasa: kata, berkata, berbicara, bicara, menyatakan, omong, tutur, bercakap
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Make a characteristic or natural sound
English: speak
Bahasa: mengatakan, berkata, berbicara, bertutur, bertitah
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State as one's opinion or judgement, declare
English: say
Bahasa: berkata, mengumumkan, mengucapkan, bercakap, mengabarkan, mengutarakan, berucap, berujar
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