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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UT'TERANCE, n.
1. The act of uttering words; pronunciation; manner of speaking; as a good or bad utterance.
They began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2.
2. Emission from the mouth; vocal expression; as the utterance of sounds.
3. Extremity; furthest part. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn: utterance, vocalization]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English outraunce, uttraunce, from Middle French outrance, from outrer to go beyond — more at outré Date: 15th century archaic the last extremity ; bitter end II. noun Date: 15th century 1. something uttered; especially an oral or written statement ; a stated or published expression 2. vocal expression ; speech 3. power, style, or manner of speaking

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of uttering. 2 a thing spoken. 3 a the power of speaking. b a manner of speaking. 4 Linguistics an uninterrupted chain of spoken or written words not necessarily corresponding to a single or complete grammatical unit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Utterance 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Utterance 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(utterances) 1. Someone's utterances are the things that they say. (FORMAL) ...the Queen's public utterances. ...a host of admirers who hung on her every utterance. N-COUNT: oft poss N 2. Utterance is the expression in words of ideas, thoughts, and feelings. (FORMAL) She could choose her own partner in matrimony, as long as she gave no utterance to her passions and emotions.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Pronunciation, expression, delivery.

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