Utterance Definition

ŭtər-əns
utterances
noun
utterances
The act of uttering, or expressing by voice.
Webster's New World
The power or style of speaking.
Webster's New World
A manner of speaking.
Argued with forceful utterance.
American Heritage
That which is uttered; esp., a word or words uttered, whether written or spoken.
Webster's New World
The utmost, or last, extremity; i.e., death.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Utterance

Noun

Singular:
utterance
Plural:
utterances

Origin of Utterance

  • Middle English from Old French outrance from outrer to go beyond limits from Vulgar Latin ultrāre from Latin ultrā beyond al-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From utter +"Ž -ance

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old French oultrance.

    From Wiktionary

Utterance Sentence Examples

  • His utterance was interrupted by frequent coughing; every sentence came out with a struggle.

  • Each generation hands it on beautified to the next; each has done something to give utterance to the universal thought.

  • His utterance was Delphic, inspirational.

  • That he never, as Carlyle complains, gave utterance to one great thought is strictly true.

  • Considered as a " prose epic," or a vivid utterance of the thought of the period, it has a permanent and unique value.

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Words Starting With

UUTUTT

Words Ending With

ECENCE

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utterance

Words Starting With U and Ending With E

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With U9 Letter Words Ending With E