utterance
/ˈʌtəɹəns/
utterance
English
Noun
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Definition
An act of, or the process of, uttering.
Etymology
From Middle English utteraunce, outeraunce; equivalent to utter + -ance.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
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