have a say en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion.
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.
2011 September 19, David Schmidtz, Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 1891: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.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 391: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.
2016 January 8, Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots, Routledge, →ISBN:He didn't have a say in deciding where he and his family would go on vacation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| had a say | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had a say | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| has a say | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| have one's say | alternative | lexicographic | |
| having a say | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (17)
ru вы́сказать своё мне́ние (to voice one's opinion) · fi sanoa sanansa (to voice one's opinion) · ru выска́зывать своё мне́ние (to voice one's opinion) · ro avea un cuvânt de spus (to voice one's opinion) · nl inspraak hebben (to voice one's opinion) · pl wyrazić opinię (to voice one's opinion) · fr avoir voix au chapitre (to voice one's opinion) · ru име́ть пра́во го́лоса (to voice one's opinion) · it avere voce in capitolo (to voice one's opinion) · es tener voz y voto (to voice one's opinion) · pt ter voto na matéria (to voice one's opinion) · de mitreden (to voice one's opinion) · fr avoir son mot à dire (to voice one's opinion) · pl wyrażać opinię (to voice one's opinion) · de ein Wörtchen mitzureden haben (to voice one's opinion) · nl in de melk te brokkelen hebben (to voice one's opinion) · de Mitsprache haben (to voice one's opinion)