Utterance

Definition: Utterance

Utterance

Noun

1. Sounds uttered for auditory communication.

Date "utterance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disclosure	Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split.
Speech	Verb: speak of; say, utter, pronounce, deliver, give utterance to; utter forth, pour forth; breathe, let fall, come out with; rap out, blurt out have on one's lips; have at the end of one's tongue, have at the tip of one's tongue.
Voice	Vocalization; cry; strain, utterance, prolation; exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis; enunciation, articulation; articulate sound, distinctness; clearness, of articulation; stage whisper; delivery.
	Verb: utter, breathe; give utterance, give tongue; cry; (shout); ejaculate, rap out; vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth; whisper in the ear.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

An utterance is a complete unit of talk, bounded by silence.

This is part of the linguistic terminology. Usual in speech processing textbooks.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Utterance (1997)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Accent in Context: The Ontological Status and Communicative Effects of Utterance Accent in English (reference) Joint Utterance Construction in Japanese Conversation (Studies in Discourse and Grammar, 12) (reference) Sustaining Utterance : Discoures on Chasidic Thought (reference) The Burden of Prophecy: Poetic Utterance in the Prophets of the Old Testament (reference) The Journey Home: 11 Italian-American Narratives and an Utterance of Joy (Via Folios, 22) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles Haddon Spurgeon	You must be in fashion is the utterance of weak headed mortals.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	Thus, to the German philosophers of the eighteenth century, the demands of the first French Revolution were nothing more than the demands of "Practical Reason" in general, and the utterance of the will of the revolutionary French bourgeoisie signified in their eyes the law of pure Will, of Will as it was bound to be, of true human Will generally. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	There was a momentary silence, profound as what should follow the utterance of oracles.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Ireland	The Constitution provides individuals with the right to "express freely their convictions and opinions;" however, freedom of the press is subject to the constitutional qualification that it not "undermine public order or morality or the authority of the state." The Constitution prohibits the publication or utterance of "blasphemous, seditious, or indecent matter." While on balance the press operates freely, observers believe that the Defamation Act (which puts the onus on newspapers and periodicals accused of libel to prove that defamatory words are true) and the Official Secrets Act (which gives the State wide scope to prosecute unauthorized disclosures of sensitive government information) result in some self-censorship. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Utterance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.87% of the time. "Utterance" is used about 796 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.87%	795	8,727
Noun (proper)	0.13%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	796	N/A

Expressions using "utterance": give utterance to a feeling ♦ give utterance to one's feelings ♦ to the utterance. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "utterance": utterance-acts, utterance-in-context, utterance-initial, utterance-meaning, utterance-products, utterance-tokens, utterance-types.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "utterance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		uithaal (collect, draw out, drive, drive out, express, gather, give, give utterance to, pick, pick up, pull, pull out, utter), ontlok (draw, draw out, drive, drive out, express, give, give utterance to, pull, pull out, utter). (various references)

Albanian		shqiptim (accents, articulation, diction, enunciation, pronouncement, pronouncing, pronunciation, speech, vocalization), shprehje me fjalë, shprehje (emphasis, exponent, expression, locution, loose, phrase, phrases, profession, term, transfusion, voice), mënyrë e të folurit (diction, speech). (various references)

Arabic		‏كلام (conversation, remark, speech, statement, talk, talking, words), ‏ملكة الكلام, ‏نطق (articulation, enunciate, enunciation, pronounce, pronouncement, say, speech, spoke, vocalization, vocalize), ‏قول (say, saying, word), ‏وضع في التداول, ‏حديث كلام (speech, talking), ‏تفوه (pronunciation), ‏تعبير (articulation, enunciation, expressing, expression, locution, look, manifestation, mien, mouth, phrase, statement, term, wording). (various references)

Bulgarian		учленяване (articulation, inversion), слово (disquisition, sermon, speech, word), реч (address, allocution, language, speech, tongue), начин на изговор, изразяване (expression, rendition, signification, statement), изричане, изказване (deliverance, disclosure, observation, outgiving, pronouncement, proposition), изказ, изговор, дикция (delivery, diction, elocution, enunciation). (various references)

Chinese		话语, 發言 (statement). (various references)

Czech		výpovìï (dismissal, resignation, statement, warning), promluva (speech), projev (address, oration, token), prohlášení (affirmation, asseveration, avowal, declaration, deposition, entry, pronouncement, quote, statement). (various references)

Dutch		uithalen (draw out, drive out, empty, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter), uiten (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter), uitdrýven (chase away, draw out, drive away, drive out, expel, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter), uitbrengen (achieve, act, carry out, do, draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, make, perform, pull out, report, utter), slaken (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter), ontlokken (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter). (various references)

Esperanto		eligi (draw out, drive out, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter). (various references)

Farsi		نطق (Address, Locution, Oration, Peroration, Speech), گفتن (Bubble, Cite, Inform, Intimate, Observe, Rehearse, Relate, Say, Tell, Utter), سخن (Lip, Locution, Pronunciation, Redundancy, Speech, Word, Yap), اظهار (Proposal, Remark, Say, Showing, Statement, Testimony), اداء . (various references)

Finnish		lausuma (statement), ilmaisu (expression, manifestation). (various references)

French		parole, expression, déclaration, articulation, énonciation, énoncé, élocution. (various references)

German		Äußerung (contention, expression, opinion, pronouncement). (various references)

Greek		έκφραση (countenance, deliverance, enunciation, expression, locution), άρθρωση (joint). (various references)

Hebrew		מלול (speech), מוצא שפתים (promise), מוצא פ�", משא (bearing, burden, carrying, load, longing, present, prophecy, stowage, tribute), מבע (expression), אמיר�" (saying, statement, talk), אמר�" (aphorism, saying), אמר (say, saying, word), חתוך �"�"בור (articulation, diction), �"בע�" (expression, statement), �"בטא�" (pronouncing), �"בור (saying, speech, talk, talking, word), בטוי (expression, idiom, manifestation, phrase, pronunciation, tag, term), � יב�" (phrase). (various references)

Hungarian		beszédmód (locution, manner of speech, parlance, phrasing, speech). (various references)

Indonesian		ucapan (enunciation, remark), pengucapan (articulation). (various references)

Italian		espressione (aspect, countenance, expression, hard copy, look, phrase, term, wording). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		発語 (speech), 発話 , 発言 (proposal, speech), 発声 (speaking). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		はつ�" (first child, speech), はつわ, はつ�'�" (plucking string instrument, proposal, revelation, speech), はっせい (incidence, occurrence, origin, outbreak, speaking, spring forth). (various references)

Korean		발언 (Uttering). (various references)

Manx		lhiggey magh (allocation, allocation work, assignation, discharge, emit, leak, leakage, let out, pay out, rap out, veer, vent, venting), insh (announce, communicate, communication; island, coverage, crack, crack as joke, declare, divulgation, divulge, narrate, narration, report, speech), goan (address, address words, expression, meagre, rare, scant, scarce, short, slender, spare, sparse, thin, thin of hair, tight, tight of money, word, word speech), fockley (articulate, articulation, express, mouth, pronounce, utter, vocalization, vocalize). (various references)

Pig Latin		eranceuttay

Polish		wydobyć. (various references)

Portuguese		fala (one speaks, speaks, speech), expressão oral, expressão (accent, aspect, countenance, diction, elocution, formulation, look, phrase, reflex, significance, signification, term, verbalism, voice, word, wording), emissão (emission, transmission), elocução (elocution), dicção (diction), dição (diction). (various references)

Romanian		rostire (delivery, enunciation, speech), glas (chimes, key, ringing, roar, sound, voice), exprimare (articulation, conveyance, expression, incoherence, incoherency, language, manifestation, phrase, statement), enunţ (enunciation, statement), elocvenţã (eloquence, oratory, speaking), discurs (address, allocution, diatribe, harangue, oration, speaking, speech), declaraţie (affidavit, announcement, declaration, dictum, proclamation, pronouncement, proposition, return, statement, testimony), debit (debit, delivery, discharge, flow, movement, outlet, output, overflow, retail, sale, shop, speech, yield), cuvântare (address, harangue, lecture, speaking, speech). (various references)

Russian		высказывание. (various references)

Scottish		biùc (difficult utterance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		izreka (adage, byword, dictum, phrase, saw, saying, truism), izjava (aver, averment, declaration, pronouncement, statement, testimony), iskaz (account, parole, predicate, predication, statement). (various references)

Spanish		pronunciación (delivery, pronunciation), palabras (begging the question, dictionary, speech, waffle, words), el hablar, declaración (acknowledgement, admission, affirmation, agreement, announcement, bid, confession, consent, contract, declaration, deposition, outbreak, outgiving, permission, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, protestation, registration, representation, return, statement, testimony), articulación (articulation, formation, joint, knuckle, linkage). (various references)

Swedish		yttrande (deliverance, expression, observation, opinion, prononcement, pronouncement, remark, uterance). (various references)

Turkish		telâffuz (articulation, pronunciation), ses çıkarma, söyleyiş, söyleme (articulation, confession, mention, relation, saying, telling), konuşma (address, allocution, causerie, chat, conversation, delivery, discourse, harangue, interlocution, oration, speaking, speech, spiel, spoken, talk, talking), ifade (declaration, denotation, deposition, enunciation, evidence, expression, import, locution, phrase, proposition, recital, recital of fact, signification, statement, term, voice), dile getirme. (various references)

Ukrainian		вимовляння (enunciation, pronunciation), дар мови, дикція (delivery, elocution). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự phát biểu (enouncement), lời phát biểu. (various references)

Welsh		tafodleferydd (speech), lleferydd (speech, voice), llafar (loud, speech, vocal), gofeg (mind, speech). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	ka-ta-e. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	eloqui, eloquia, eloquii, eloquio, eloquium, fado, famen, loquella, loquellae, loquellam, proloquium. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	vâxsh. (various references)
Old English	450-1100	cwidegiedd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 2, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eplhsqhsan apanteV pneumatoV agiou kai hrxanto lalein eteraiV glwssaiV kaqwV to pneuma edidou autoiV apofqeggesqai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto et coeperunt loqui aliis linguis prout Spiritus Sanctus dabat eloqui illis
Old English	990	West Saxon	Hiera eall wæron mid Haligum Gaste gefylled and ongunnon þær to sprecenne oðernum reordum swa Gast hit him gæf.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And alle weren fillid with the Hooli Goost, and thei bigunnen to speke diuerse langagis, as the Hooli Goost yaf to hem for to speke.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And they were all filled with the holy goost and beganne to speake with other tonges even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 2, Verse 4
Albanian	Kështu të gjithë u mbushën me Frymën e Shenjtë dhe filluan të flasin në gjuhë të tjera, ashtu si Fryma e Shenjtë ua jepte të shpreheshin.
Cebuano	Ug silang tanan napuno sa Espiritu Santo ug misugod sila sa pagsulti sa nagkalainlaing mga pinulongan, sumala sa ipalitok kanila sa Espiritu.
Croatian	Svi se napuniše Duha Svetoga i poèeše govoriti drugim jezicima, kako im veæ Duh davaše zboriti.
Danish	Og de bleve alle fyldte med den Helligånd, og de begyndte at tale i andre Tungemål, efter hvad Ånden gav dem at udsige.
Dutch	En zij werden allen vervuld met den Heiligen Geest, en begonnen te spreken met andere talen, zoals de Geest hun gaf uit te spreken.
Finnish	Ja he tulivat kaikki Pyhällä Hengellä täytetyiksi ja alkoivat puhua muilla kielillä, sen mukaan mitä Henki heille puhuttavaksi antoi.
French	Et ils furent tous remplis du Saint Esprit, et se mirent � parler en d`autres langues, selon que l`Esprit leur donnait de s`exprimer.
German	und sie wurden alle voll des Heiligen Geistes und fingen an, zu predigen mit anderen Zungen, nach dem der Geist ihnen gab auszusprechen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mereka semua dikuasai oleh Roh Allah, dan mulai berbicara dalam bermacam-macam bahasa lain. Mereka berbicara menurut apa yang diberikan oleh Roh itu kepada mereka untuk diucapkan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka mereka itu sekalian pun penuh dengan Rohulkudus, sehingga mereka itu mulai berkata-kata dengan berbagai-bagai bahasa, sebagaimana yang diilhamkan oleh Roh kepadanya akan bertutur.
Italian	ed essi furono tutti pieni di Spirito Santo e cominciarono a parlare in altre lingue come lo Spirito dava loro il potere d'esprimersi.
Maori	Na ki katoa ratou i te Wairua Tapu, a ka timata te korero, rere ke ana nga reo, rite tonu ki ta te Wairua i hoatu ai ki a ratou kia korerotia.
Norwegian	Da blev de alle fylt med den Hellige Ånd, og de begynte å tale med andre tunger, alt efter som Ånden gav dem å tale.
Portuguese	E todos ficaram cheios do Espírito Santo, e começaram a falar noutras línguas, conforme o Espírito lhes concedia que falassem.
Rumanian	Wi toyi s`au umplut de Duh Sfknt, wi au knceput sq vorbeascq kn alte limbi, dupq cum le da Duhul sq vorbeascq.
Shuar	Tuma asamtai Yusa Wakaní Ashí ni Enentáin pimiutkarmiayi. Túram chichasarat tusa Yusa Wakaní ni nekatairi Súsarmiayi. Tuma asamtai nujai niisha Chíkich chichaman chichasarmiayi.
Spanish	Todos fueron llenos del Espíritu Santo y comenzaron a hablar en distintas lenguas, como el Espíritu les daba que hablasen.
Swahili	Wote wakajazwa Roho Mtakatifu, wakaanza kusema lugha mbalimbali kadiri Roho alivyowawezesha.
Swedish	Och de blevo alla uppfyllda av helig ande och begynte tala andra tungomål, efter som Anden ingav dem att tala.
Uma	Ngkai ree, nakuasai omea-ramo Inoha' Tomoroli', pai' ntepu'u-ramo mololita hante basa-basa to ko'ia ra'incai, ntuku' to napopolibu' -raka Inoha' Tomoroli'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "utterance": utterances. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Utterance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Attearne. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "utterance" (pronounced u"teruns)
4	-er u n s	belligerence, conference, deference, deliverance, difference, endurance, exuberance, furtherance, ignorance, indifference, inference, intolerance, irreverence, preference, protuberance, reference, reverence, severance, temperance, tolerance.
3	-u n s	abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, defiance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-n-r-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: eructate, truncate, uncreate.
	-2 letters: centare, centaur, crenate, cuneate, curette, curtate, entreat, ratteen, reenact, taunter, ternate, uncrate.
	-3 letters: acuter, attune, canter, careen, carnet, center, centra, centre, cerate, cetane, create, curate, cutter, ecarte, entera, natter, nature, neater, nectar, netter, neuter, nutate, nutter, ratten, recane, recant, recent, retune, tanrec, tauten, tauter, tenace, tenrec, tenter, tenure, tercet.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-n-r-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: utterances.
	+2 letters: traducement.
	+3 letters: accouterment, accoutrement, counteracted, counteragent, counterstate, countertrade, traducements.
	+4 letters: accouterments, accoutrements, counteractive, counteragents, counterstated, counterstates, counterstream, counterthreat, countertrades, uncertainties, untheoretical.
	+5 letters: articulateness, counterstained, counterstreams, counterthreats, interfaculties, nontherapeutic, overaccentuate, submetacentric, ultracompetent, ultraefficient, ultraenergetic.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
utterance	5
length mean utterance	4
general general great i longstreet may observation quote souths utterance	2
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Utterance

Definition: Utterance

Utterance

Noun

Synonyms within Context: Utterance

Disclosure

Speech

Voice

Specialty Definition: Utterance

Crosswords: Utterance

Modern Usage: Utterance

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Utterance

Books

Familiar Quotations: Utterance

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Historic Usage: Utterance

Communist Manifesto

Use in Literature: Utterance

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Non-Fiction Usage: Utterance

Civil Liberties

Ireland

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Utterance

Expressions: Utterance

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Utterance

utterance

length mean utterance

general general great i longstreet may observation quote souths utterance

Modern Translation: Utterance

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Ancestral Language Translations: Utterance

Bible Trace: Utterance

Matched Bible Translations: Utterance

Derivations & Misspellings: Utterance

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Rhyming with "Utterance"

Anagrams: Utterance

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