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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utterance

Noun

1. something expressed in speech or writing

2. the expression in words of ideas, thoughts, or feelings

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

noun 2. speaking, voicing, expression, breathing, delivery, ejaculation, articulation, enunciation, vocalization, verbalization, vociferation

Translations

utterance [ˈʌtərns] n → palabras fpl; declaración f

utterance [ˈʌtrns] n → paroles fpl

utterance [ˈʌtərəns] utter n → Äußerung f

utterance [ˈʌtərəns] n → espressione f; parole fpl