UTTERANCE

utterance, vocalization

(noun) the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

utterance (plural utterances)

An act of uttering.

Something spoken.

The ability to speak.

A manner of speaking.

(obsolete) A sale made by offering to the public.

(obsolete) An act of putting in circulation.

Etymology 2

Noun

utterance (plural utterances)

(now literary) The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).

Anagrams

• cruentate

Source: Wiktionary


Ut"ter*ance, n.

1. The act of uttering. Specifically: -- (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] Bacon. (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. At length gave utterance to these words. Milton.

2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts ii. 4. O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! Keats.

Ut"ter*ance, n. Etym: [F. outrance. See Outrance.]

Definition: The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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