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utterance
1[ uht-er-uhns ]
noun
- manner of speaking; power of speaking:
His very utterance was spellbinding.
- Linguistics. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence: it may be coextensive with a sentence.
- Obsolete. a public sale of goods.
utterance
2[ uht-er-uhns ]
noun
- the utmost extremity, especially death.
utterance
1/ ˈʌəəԲ /
noun
- something uttered, such as a statement
- the act or power of uttering or the ability to utter
- logic philosophy an element of spoken language, esp a sentence Compare inscription
utterance
2/ ˈʌəəԲ /
noun
- archaic.the bitter end (esp in the phrase to the utterance )
Word History and Origins
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Origin of utterance2
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Liverpool's supporters will be overjoyed at agreement being reached, having made their feelings clear when Salah used rare public utterances to bring an impasse over his contract into the public domain.
The former Sporting boss was neutral when he made his only public utterances on the player last month.
The novel’s 65 uses of “b***h” in all its variations got paired down to about a dozen for the film, but each utterance hit with blunt force.
Rather than the warm acoustical refinement of the famed Musikverein, the Vienna Philharmonic’s home, every orchestral utterance jumped out at the audience like a 3D special effect.
Though his “18 utterances” are plainly Judeo-Christian-Islamic goulash borrowing from the Ten Commandments and beyond, they seem largely benign.
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