Utterance
noun
1.
an act of uttering; vocal expression.
2.
manner of speaking; power of speaking:
His very utterance was spellbinding.
3.
something uttered; a word or words uttered; a cry, animal’s call, or the like.
4.
Linguistics. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence: it may be coextensive with a sentence.
5.
Obsolete. a public sale of goods.
noun, Archaic.
1.
the utmost extremity, especially death.
noun
1.
something uttered, such as a statement
2.
the act or power of uttering or the ability to utter
3.
(logic, philosophy) an element of spoken language, esp a sentence Compare inscription (sense 4)
noun
1.
(archaic or literary) the bitter end (esp in the phrase to the utterance)
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noun 1. an act of uttering; vocal expression. 2. manner of speaking; power of speaking: His very utterance was spellbinding. 3. something uttered; a word or words uttered; a cry, animal’s call, or the like. 4. Linguistics. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence: it may be […]
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see under not open one’s mouth
- Utter-bar
noun 1. outer bar. noun, English Law. 1. a body of the junior counsel who sit and plead outside the dividing bar in the court, ranking below the King’s Counsel or Queen’s Counsel. noun 1. (in England) a collective name for junior barristers who plead from outside the bar of the court Compare Queen’s Counsel
- Utter-barrister
noun 1. outer barrister. outer barrister or utter barrister noun, English Law. 1. a barrister belonging to the outer bar. utter barrister noun 1. (law) the full title of a barrister who is not a Queen’s Counsel See also junior (sense 6)
- Uttered
verb (used with object) 1. to give audible expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter her feelings; Words were uttered in my hearing. 2. to give forth (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh. 3. Phonetics. to produce (speech sounds, speechlike sounds, syllables, words, etc.) audibly, with or without reference to […]