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noun
1.
an act of uttering; vocal expression.
2.
manner of speaking; power of speaking: His very utterance was spellbinding.
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.
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Utterance
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| a sequence of phonemes constituting a minimal unit of grammar or syntax, and, as such, a representation, member, or contextual variant of a morpheme in a specific environment |
| the cultural correlate, reference, or denotation of an expression separate from linguistic content |
Example Sentences
- The utterance is, after all, the important part of the act.
- In no public or private utterance was it ever admitted that the three powers had at any time been grouped along different lines.
- It is hard to imagine any political figure now in power who could inspire a similar urge to read and study his every utterance.
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noun Archaic.
the utmost extremity, especially death.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French outrance, oultrance, equivalent to oultr(er) to pass beyond (< Latin ultrā beyond) + -ance -ance
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French outrance, oultrance, equivalent to oultr(er) to pass beyond (< Latin ultrā beyond) + -ance -ance
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| utterance1 (ˈʌtərəns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something uttered, such as a statement |
| 2. | the act or power of uttering or the ability to utter |
| 3. | logic, philosophy Compare inscription an element of spoken language, esp a sentence |
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