utterance

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From utter + -ance^[1]

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʌtərəns/, SAMPA: /"Vt@r@ns/
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[edit] Noun

utterance (plural utterances)

1. an act of uttering
2. something spoken
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 237a.

     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.

3. The ability to speak.
4. manner of speaking

[edit] Quotations

• 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. — Thomas Hill

[edit] Related terms

• utter
• utterable
• utterer

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ utterance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] External links

• utterance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• utterance at OneLook® Dictionary Search