utter

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English ūtera, comparative of ūt (out); compare outer.

[edit] Adjective

utter (not comparable)

Positive
utter

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. absolute, unconditional
    This is utter nonsense!
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[edit] Etymology 2

Partly from out (adverb/verb), partly from Middle Dutch uteren.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to utter

Third person singular
utters

Simple past
uttered

Past participle
uttered

Present participle
uttering

to utter (third-person singular simple present utters, present participle uttering, simple past and past participle uttered)

  1. (transitive) To say
    Don't you utter another word!
  2. (transitive) To use the voice
    Sally uttered a sigh of relief.
  3. (transitive) To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
    Sally is uttering some fairly strange things in her illness.
  4. (transitive) To make (a noise)
    Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
  5. (transitive) To put counterfeit money etc. into circulation
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[edit] Etymology 3

Old English ūtor, comparative of ūt (out).

[edit] Adverb

utter (comparative more utter, superlative most utter)

Positive
utter

Comparative
more utter

Superlative
most utter

  1. (obsolete) Further out; further away, outside.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
      So whan he com nyghe to hir, she bade hym ryde uttir – ‘for thou smellyst all of the kychyn.’

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for utter Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form utter uttern uttrar uttrarna
Possessive form utters utterns uttrars uttrarnas

utter

  1. otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae