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verb (used with object)
1.
to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing.
2.
to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh.
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to express (oneself or itself), especially in words.
5.
EXPANDto give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice: The engine uttered a shriek.
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to express by written or printed words.
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to make publicly known; publish: to utter a libel.
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to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and especially counterfeit money or forged checks.
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to expel; emit.
10.
Obsolete. to publish, as a book.
11.
COLLAPSEObsolete. to sell.
verb (used without object)
12.
to employ the faculty of speech; use the voice to talk, make sounds, etc.: His piety prevented him from uttering on religion.
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Utter
is always a great word to know.
So is weaken. Does it mean:
| articulated with the back of the tongue held close to or touching the soft palate |
| to change a speech sound to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative |
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Word Origin & History
utter
"complete, total," O.E. utera, uterra, "outer," comparative adj. formed from ut (see out), from P.Gmc. *utizon (cf. O.N. utar, O.Fris. uttra, M.Du. utere, Du. uiter-, O.H.G. uzar, Ger. äußer "outer"), a comparative adj. from the base of out.
EXPANDUttermost, attested from c.1300, is more recent than utmost; M.E. also had uttermore (late 14c.), now, alas, no loger with us. Utterly (early 13c.) originally meant "sincerely, outspokenly" (cf. utter (v.)).
utter
"speak, say," c.1400, in part from M.L.G. utern "to turn out, show, speak," from uter "outer," comparative adj. formed from ut "out;" in part from M.E. verb outen "to disclose," from O.E. utan "to put out," from ut (see out). Cf. Ger. äussern "to utter, express," from aus
"out;" and colloquial phrase out with it "speak up!" Formerly also used as a commercial verb (as release is now). Utterance "that which is uttered" is attested from c.1454.
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