I want to say

I want to say
I want to say/thank/tell etc/spoken phrase
used for introducing something that you are about to say, especially at the start of a speech

I want to say how pleased I am to receive this award.

I want to thank you all for being here.

Thesaurus: ways of adding extra informationsynonym
Main entry: want

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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