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utteranceut‧ter‧ance /ˈʌtərəns/ noun formal   - Dozens of reporters are always nearby to record his every step and utterance.
- An utterance is said to have illocutionary force and perlocutionary force.
- An ejaculation is an utterance thrown out suddenly and is very short: Help!
- However, the utterance only succeeds in having this function if certain external conditions are fulfilled.
- Many of his utterances were, however, sermon commonplaces, to which parallels can be found in other contemporary preaching.
- Such utterances, especially from a supposedly left-wing government, are revolutionary.
ADJECTIVE► public· His public utterances were examined for heresy, his private life combed for scandal.· Daley, in his public utterances, was with them.· Dissuaded from resigning, Macmillan took extended leave rather than restrain his public utterances.· Even a note of optimism had returned to the public utterances of the group.· In his public utterances Bohr was always very cautious about committing himself to what it is that actually is. VERB► produce· But why did the speaker deliberately produce an utterance which required reformulation?· Some speakers do indeed produce utterances in the expectation that hearers will recover a specific set of propositions.· The addressor is the speaker or writer who produces the utterance. 1[countable] something you say:  Politicians are judged by their public utterances.2[uncountable] the action of saying something |