Utterance

/ˈʌtəɹəns/ · noun

Meaning

An act of, or the process of, uttering..

Definitions by Sense

1. An act of, or the process of, uttering.
2. An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.
3. The ability to speak.
4. A manner of speaking.
5. (obsolete) A sale made by offering to the public.
6. (obsolete) An act of putting in circulation.
7. (literary, archaic) The utmost extremity, especially of a fight; bodily harm or death.

Example Sentences

July 1857, The Imagination in Mathematics", in The North American Review Mathematics and Poetry are … the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.

at length gave utterance to these words

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance: that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.

Mrs. Weston kissed her with tears of joy; and when she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation had done her more good than any thing else in the world could do.

He has a good utterance.

They [...] began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

[...] O, how frail / To that large utterance of the early Gods!

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• utterances
• utteraunce

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