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utterance

1

[ uht-er-uhns ]

noun

  1. an act of uttering; utter; uttering; vocal expression.
  2. manner of speaking; power of speaking:

    His very utterance was spellbinding.

  3. something uttered; utter; a word or words uttered; utter; a cry, animal's call, or the like.
  4. Linguistics. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence: it may be coextensive with a sentence.
  5. Obsolete. a public sale of goods.


utterance

2

[ uht-er-uhns ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. the utmost extremity, especially death.

utterance

1

/ ˈʌəəԲ /

noun

  1. something uttered, such as a statement
  2. the act or power of uttering or the ability to utter
  3. logic philosophy an element of spoken language, esp a sentence Compare inscription
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utterance

2

/ ˈʌəəԲ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    the bitter end (esp in the phrase to the utterance )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of utterance1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; utter 1, -ance

Origin of utterance2

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French outrance, oultrance, equivalent to oultr ( er ) to pass beyond (< Latin ٰܱ beyond) + -ance -ance
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Word History and Origins

Origin of utterance1

C13: from Old French oultrance, from oultrer to carry to excess, from Latin ٰܱ beyond
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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.

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The former Sporting boss was neutral when he made his only public utterances on the player last month.

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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.

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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.

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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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