About The Word Utterance
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Utterance
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What's The Definition Of Utterance?
[n] the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Synonyms | Synonyms for Utterance: vocalization Related Terms | Find terms related to Utterance: See Also | auditory communication | call | croak | croaking | cry | exclaiming | exclamation | expletive | exultation | groan | growling | howl | howling | jubilation | laugh | laughter | moan | outcry | paging | phone | profanity | pronunciation | rasp | rasping | rejoicing | roll call | shout | sigh | sleep talking | snarl | somniloquism | somniloquy | sound | speaking | speech | speech production | speech sound | splutter | sputter | suspiration | ululation | vociferation | yell Utterance In Webster's Dictionary \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. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.] 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. |
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