'Utterance' definitions:
Definition of 'utterance'
(from WordNet)
noun
The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn: utterance, vocalization]
Definition of 'Utterance'
From: GCIDE
- Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n.
- 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. [1913 Webster] (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech. [1913 Webster]
- At length gave utterance to these words. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. [1913 Webster]
- They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. --Acts ii. 4. [1913 Webster]
- O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! --Keats. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Utterance'
From: GCIDE
- Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See Outrance.] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'utterance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- adjectival phrase,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- answer,
- antonym,
- apostrophe,
- articulation,
- assertion,
- asseveration,
- attack,
- averment,
- avouchment,
- avowal,
- clause,
- comment,
- conclusion,
- construction,
- crack,
- creed,
- declaration,
- delivery,
- dictum,
- enunciation,
- exclamation,
- expression,
- free form,
- greeting,
- headed group,
- homograph,
- homonym,
- homophone,
- idiom,
- idiotism,
- interjection,
- ipse dixit,
- lexeme,
- linguistic act,
- linguistic form,
- locution,
- logos,
- manifesto,
- manner of speaking,
- mention,
- metonym,
- minimum free form,
- monosyllable,
- note,
- noun phrase,
- observation,
- paragraph,
- parol,
- parole,
- Parthian shot,
- peculiar expression,
- period,
- phonation,
- phrasal idiom,
- phrase,
- polysyllable,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- predicate,
- predication,
- proclamation,
- profession,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciation,
- proposition,
- protest,
- protestation,
- question,
- reflection,
- remark,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- sentence,
- sequence of phonemes,
- set phrase,
- speaking,
- speech act,
- stance,
- stand,
- standard phrase,
- statement,
- string,
- subjoinder,
- syllable,
- synonym,
- syntactic structure,
- term,
- the spoken word,
- thought,
- tongue,
- turn of expression,
- turn of phrase,
- usage,
- utterance string,
- verb complex,
- verb phrase,
- verbalism,
- verbum,
- vocable,
- vocalization,
- voice,
- voicing,
- vouch,
- way of speaking,
- word,
- word of mouth,
- word-group