utterance (redirected from utterances)

ut·ter·ance ¹  (tr-ns)

n.

1.

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.

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ut·ter·ance ²  (tr-ns)

n.

The uttermost end or extremity; the bitter end.

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[Middle English, from Old French outrance, from outrer, to go beyond limits, from Vulgar Latin *ultrre, from Latin ultr, beyond; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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utterance¹

n

1. something uttered, such as a statement

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

3. (Philosophy / Logic) (Philosophy) Logic philosophy an element of spoken language, esp a sentence Compare inscription [4]

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utterance²

n

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

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

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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."

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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)

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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

Translations

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

utterance [ˈʌtərəns] n → paroles fpl

utterance

n

(= 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

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