utter
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[edit] English
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[edit] Adjective
utter (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- absolute, unconditional
- This is utter nonsense!
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absolute
[edit] Verb
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Infinitive |
Third person singular |
Simple past |
Past participle |
Present participle |
to utter (third-person singular simple present utters, present participle uttering, simple past and past participle uttered)
- (transitive) To say
- Don't you utter another word!
- (transitive) To use the voice
- Sally uttered a sigh of relief.
- (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.
- (transitive) To make (a noise)
- Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
- (transitive) To put counterfeit money etc. into circulation
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say
use the voice
make speech sounds
make a noise
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[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Inflection for utter | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | utter | uttern | uttrar | uttrarna |
| Genitive | utters | utterns | uttrars | uttrarnas |
utter
- otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae
