utterance

  • 1Utterance — Ut ter*ance, n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. [1913 Webster] (c) Vocal… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Utterance — Ut ter*ance, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3utterance — index comment, communication (statement), confession, disclosure (something disclosed), observation, parlance, phrase …

    Law dictionary

  • 4utterance — (n.) that which is uttered, mid 15c., from UTTER (Cf. utter) (v.) + ANCE (Cf. ance) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5utterance — [n] revelation announcement, articulation, assertion, asseveration, declaration, delivery, discourse, ejaculation, expression, opinion, oration, peroration, pronouncement, rant, recitation, remark, reply, response, saying, sentence, speaking,… …

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  • 6utterance — ► NOUN 1) a word, statement, or sound uttered. 2) the action of uttering …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7utterance — utterance1 [ut′ər əns] n. [ME: see UTTER2 & ANCE] 1. the act of uttering, or expressing by voice 2. the power or style of speaking 3. that which is uttered; esp., a word or words uttered, whether written or spoken utterance2 [ut′ər əns] …

    English World dictionary

  • 8utterance — [[t]ʌ̱tərəns[/t]] utterances 1) N COUNT: oft poss N Someone s utterances are the things that they say. [FORMAL] ...the Queen s public utterances. ...a host of admirers who hung on her every utterance. 2) N UNCOUNT Utterance is the expression in… …

    English dictionary

  • 9utterance */ — UK [ˈʌt(ə)rəns] / US noun [countable] Word forms utterance : singular utterance plural utterances 1) formal a statement public utterances 2) linguistics a word or phrase that someone speaks • give utterance to something …

    English dictionary

  • 10utterance — n. a prophetic utterance * * * [ ʌt(ə)rəns] a prophetic utterance …

    Combinatory dictionary