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"text": "He didn't have a say in deciding where he and his family would go on vacation.",
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{
"ref": "2011 September 19, David Schmidtz, Jason Brennan, A Brief History of Liberty, John Wiley & Sons, page 1891",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2016 January 8, Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, Building the Green Economy: Success Stories from the Grassroots, Routledge",
"text": "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.",
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"To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion."
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"(idiomatic, intransitive) To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "inspraak hebben"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "in de melk te brokkelen hebben"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "sanoa sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avoir son mot à dire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avoir voix au chapitre"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "mitreden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "Mitsprache haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "ein Wörtchen mitzureden haben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avere voce in capitolo"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
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"word": "wyrażać opinię"
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"word": "wyrazić opinię"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avea un cuvânt de spus"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "to be entitled to speak out",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ právo gólosa",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "име́ть пра́во го́лоса"
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"word": "выска́зывать своё мне́ние"
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"translations": [
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "inspraak hebben"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "in de melk te brokkelen hebben"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "sanoa sanansa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avoir son mot à dire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avoir voix au chapitre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "mitreden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "Mitsprache haben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "ein Wörtchen mitzureden haben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avere voce in capitolo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "wyrażać opinię"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyrazić opinię"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "avea un cuvânt de spus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to be entitled to speak out",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ právo gólosa",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"word": "име́ть пра́во го́лоса"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyskázyvatʹ svojó mnénije",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выска́зывать своё мне́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to express one's opinion",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výskazatʹ svojó mnénije",
"sense": "to voice one's opinion",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́сказать своё мне́ние"
}
],
"word": "have a say"
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