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ut·ter·ance¹

(ŭt′ər-əns)

a. The act of uttering; vocal expression.

b. The power of speaking; speech: as long as I have utterance.

c. A manner of speaking: argued with forceful utterance.

2. Something uttered or expressed; a statement.

ut·ter·ance²

(ŭt′ər-əns)

The uttermost end or extremity; the bitter end.

[Middle English, from Old French outrance, from outrer, to go beyond limits, from Vulgar Latin *ultrāre, from Latin ultrā, beyond; see al- in Indo-European roots.]

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utterance

(ˈʌtərəns)

1. something uttered, such as a statement

2. the act or power of uttering or the ability to utter

3. (Logic) logic philosophy an element of spoken language, esp a sentence. Compare inscription⁴

4. (Philosophy) logic philosophy an element of spoken language, esp a sentence. Compare inscription⁴

utterance

(ˈʌtərəns)

archaic or literary the bitter end (esp in the phrase to the utterance)

[C13: from Old French oultrance, from oultrer to carry to excess, from Latin ultrā beyond]

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ut•ter•ance¹

(ˈʌt ər əns)

n.

1. an act of uttering; vocal expression.

2. something uttered.

3. manner or power of speaking.

4. Ling. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence or a change in speaker.

[1400–50]

ut•ter•ance²

(ˈʌt ər əns)

n. Archaic.

the utmost extremity, esp. death.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Old French oultr(er) to pass beyond (see outrage)]

utterance

dixit - An utterance.
affective - Describing the emotional meaning of an utterance.
curse - First an utterance of God or other deity.
preceding, previous - Preceding means "occurring immediately before the time of the utterance," while previous means "occurring at some time before the utterance."

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Noun

utterance - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

vocalization

roll call - calling out an official list of names

auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing

speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"

cry, yell - a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain"

croak, croaking - a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it"

expletive - a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line

groan, moan - an utterance expressing pain or disapproval

ahem, hem - the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.

howl, howling, ululation - a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect"

laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing

mumble - a soft indistinct utterance

paging - calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the hospital was used for paging"

profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action

pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

exultation, rejoicing, jubilation - the utterance of sounds expressing great joy

sigh, suspiration - an utterance made by exhaling audibly

snarl - a vicious angry growl

speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech

speech - something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"

splutter, sputter - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage)

rasp, rasping - uttering in an irritated tone

growling - a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

utterance

noun

1. speech, words, statement, comment, opinion, remark, expression, announcement, observation, declaration, reflection, pronouncement the Queen's public utterances

2. speaking, voicing, expression, breathing, delivery, ejaculation, articulation, enunciation, vocalization, verbalization, vociferation the simple utterance of a few platitudes

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utterance

noun

1. The act or an instance of expressing in words:

articulation, expression, statement, verbalization, vocalization, voice.

2. The use of the speech organs to produce sounds:

articulation, enunciation, vocalism, vocalization, voicing.

3. The faculty, act, or product of speaking:

discourse, speech, talk, verbalization, vocalization.

4. Something said:

saying, statement, word.

Translations

prohlášenívyjádřenívyřčenívýrok

Äußerung

enunciado expresión

articulation déclarationémission sonoreénoncé expression

espressione

wypowiedź

enunciado expressão

utterance

[ˈʌtərəns] N

1. (= remark) → palabras fpl, declaración f

2. (= expression) → expresión f
to give utterance to → expresar, manifestar, declarar

3. (= style) → pronunciación f, articulación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

utterance

[ˈʌtərəns] n → paroles fpl

utterance

(= sth said) → Äußerung f; the child’s first utterances → die ersten Worte des Kindes; his last utterance → seine letzten Worte; his recent utterances in the press → seine jüngsten Presseäußerungen

(= act of speaking) → Sprechen nt; upon her dying father’s utterance of her name → als ihr sterbender Vater ihren Namen nannte; to give utterance to a feeling → einem Gefühl Ausdruck geben or verleihen (geh), → ein Gefühl zum Ausdruck bringen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

utterance

[ˈʌt/ər/əns] n (remark, statement) → parole fpl; (expression) → espressione f

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