utterance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English utteraunce, outeraunce; equivalent to utter + -ance.
Base: utter
Affixes: -ance
Inflected forms:
form: utterances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: utteraunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An act of, or the process of, uttering.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: at length gave utterance to these words
July 1857, The Imagination in Mathematics", in The North American Review
Mathematics and Poetry are … the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.
gloss: An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance: that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
gloss: The ability to speak.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Mrs. Weston kissed her with tears of joy; and when she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation had done her more good than any thing else in the world could do.
gloss: A manner of speaking.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He has a good utterance.
They [...] began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
[...] O, how frail / To that large utterance of the early Gods!
gloss: A sale made by offering to the public.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The clothemakers[…] had great profite and good utterance of the sayd cloth
gloss: An act of putting in circulation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes
Related words: utter
utterable
utterer
Derived words: performative utterance
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изказване
roman: izkazvane
lang: Bulgarian
word: произнасяне
roman: proiznasjane
lang: Catalan
word: articulació
lang: Catalan
word: expressió
lang: Catalan
word: pronunciació
lang: Czech
word: prohlášení
lang: Czech
word: vyjádření
lang: Czech
word: vyřčení
lang: Dutch
word: uiting
lang: Dutch
word: taaluiting
lang: French
word: émission sonore
lang: French
word: articulation
lang: French
word: prononciation
lang: French
word: expression
lang: Georgian
word: გამოთქმა
roman: gamotkma
lang: Georgian
word: წარმოთქმა
roman: c̣armotkma
lang: German
word: Äußerung
lang: Hungarian
word: megnyilatkozás
lang: Hungarian
word: megnyilvánulás
lang: Hungarian
word: kifejezés
lang: Latin
word: eloquium
lang: Latin
word: significatio
lang: Latin
word: fatum
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉച്ചരിക്കൽ
roman: uccarikkal
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉച്ചാരണം
roman: uccāraṇaṁ
lang: Māori
word: kīanga
lang: Portuguese
word: expressão
lang: Portuguese
word: manifestação
lang: Romanian
word: rostire
lang: Russian
word: выска́зывание
roman: vyskázyvanije
lang: Russian
word: произнесе́ние
roman: proiznesénije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: iskaz
lang: Swedish
word: yttrande
lang: Tamil
word: கூற்று
roman: kūṟṟu
lang: Turkish
word: söyleme