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speak or pronounce: Don’t utter a word.; complete; total; absolute: the utter truth; unconditional; unqualified: He’s an utter liar.
Not to be confused with:udder – a mammary gland, especially when baggy and with more than one teat, as in cows

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U0162700 (ŭt′ər)tr.v. ut·tered, ut·ter·ing, ut·ters 1. To send forth with the voice: uttered a cry.2. To articulate (words); pronounce or speak: uttered "yes."3. Law To put (counterfeit currency or a forged check or instrument) into circulation: utter a bad check.4. Obsolete To offer (merchandise) for sale; sell.

[Middle English utteren, partly from Middle Low German uteren (from uter, outer, comparative of ūt, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots) and alteration (influenced by utter, outer) of Middle English outen, to disclose (from out, out; see out).]

ut′ter·a·ble adj.ut′ter·er n.

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U0162700 (ŭt′ər)adj. Complete; absolute; entire: utter nonsense; utter darkness.

[Middle English, from Old English ūtera, outer; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]

utter

(ˈʌtə) vb1. to give audible expression to (something): to utter a growl. 2. (Law) criminal law to put into circulation (counterfeit coin, forged banknotes, etc)3. (tr) to make publicly known; publish: to utter slander. 4. obsolete to give forth, issue, or emit[C14: probably originally a commercial term, from Middle Dutch ūteren (modern Dutch uiteren) to make known; related to Middle Low German ūtern to sell, show] ˈutterable adj ˈutterableness n ˈutterer n ˈutterless adj

utter

(ˈʌtə) adj (prenominal) (intensifier): an utter fool; utter bliss; the utter limit. [C15: from Old English utera outer, comparative of ūte out (adv); related to Old High German ūzaro, Old Norse ūtri]

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v.t. 1. to give audible, esp. verbal, expression to; speak or pronounce: unable to utter a word. 2. to emit (cries, notes, etc.) with the voice: to utter a sigh. 3. to give forth (a sound) otherwise than with the voice: The engine uttered a shriek. 4. to express by written or printed words. 5. to make publicly known; publish: to utter a libel. 6. to put into circulation, as coins, notes, and esp. counterfeit money or forged checks. 7. to expel; emit. 8. Obs. to publish, as a book. 9. Obs. to sell. v.i. 10. to use the voice to talk, make sounds, etc.; speak. [1350–1400; Middle English outren (see out, -er⁶); c. German äussern to declare] ut′ter•a•ble, adj.

ut•ter²

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adj. 1. complete; total; absolute: utter abandonment to grief. 2. unconditional; unqualified: an utter denial. [before 900; Middle English; Old English uttra, ūtera outer. See out, -er⁴] ut′ter•ly, adv. ut′ter•ness, n.

utter

arrant - Means "complete, utter," as in arrant knave, "an extremely untrustworthy individual."
explore - Comes from Latin, meaning "search out," from ex-, "out," and plorare, "utter a cry."
whicker - To utter a half-suppressed laugh.
yodel - From Bavarian jodln, "to utter the syllable jo (yo)."

utter

Past participle: uttered
Gerund: uttering

Imperative
utter
utter

Present
I utter
you utter
he/she/it utters
we utter
you utter
they utter

Preterite
I uttered
you uttered
he/she/it uttered
we uttered
you uttered
they uttered

Present Continuous
I am uttering
you are uttering
he/she/it is uttering
we are uttering
you are uttering
they are uttering

Present Perfect
I have uttered
you have uttered
he/she/it has uttered
we have uttered
you have uttered
they have uttered

Past Continuous
I was uttering
you were uttering
he/she/it was uttering
we were uttering
you were uttering
they were uttering

Past Perfect
I had uttered
you had uttered
he/she/it had uttered
we had uttered
you had uttered
they had uttered

Future
I will utter
you will utter
he/she/it will utter
we will utter
you will utter
they will utter

Future Perfect
I will have uttered
you will have uttered
he/she/it will have uttered
we will have uttered
you will have uttered
they will have uttered

Future Continuous
I will be uttering
you will be uttering
he/she/it will be uttering
we will be uttering
you will be uttering
they will be uttering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been uttering
you have been uttering
he/she/it has been uttering
we have been uttering
you have been uttering
they have been uttering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been uttering
you will have been uttering
he/she/it will have been uttering
we will have been uttering
you will have been uttering
they will have been uttering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been uttering
you had been uttering
he/she/it had been uttering
we had been uttering
you had been uttering
they had been uttering

Conditional
I would utter
you would utter
he/she/it would utter
we would utter
you would utter
they would utter

Past Conditional
I would have uttered
you would have uttered
he/she/it would have uttered
we would have uttered
you would have uttered
they would have uttered

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	utter - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"give tongue to, express, verbalise, verbalizeblaspheme, curse, cuss, swear, imprecate - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"wish - make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over"cry out, exclaim, call out, outcry, shout, cry - utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"clamour, clamor - utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"vociferate, shout out - utter in a very loud voice; "They vociferated their demands"marvel - express astonishment or surprise about somethingvoice - give voice to; "He voiced his concern"raise - cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"breathe - utter or tell; "not breathe a word"drop - utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names"pour out - express without restraint; "The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened"get off - deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time"platitudinize - utter platitudes; "The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience"say - utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"pooh-pooh - express contempt abouthurl, throw - utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
	2.	utter - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"let loose, let out, emitcall - utter in a loud voice or announce; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids"gibber - chatter inarticulately; of monkeyscrow - express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"crow - utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"trumpet - utter in trumpet-like sounds; "Elephants are trumpeting"coo - cry softly, as of pigeonscry, scream, shout out, yell, squall, shout, holler, hollo, call - utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"miaou, miaow - make a cat-like soundtsk, tut, tut-tut - utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapprovalecho, repeat - to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders"call - utter a characteristic note or cry; "bluejays called to one another"shoot - utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"gurgle - utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled"cry - utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"nasale - speak in a nasal voice; "`Come here,' he nasaled"bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse"sigh - utter with a sightroat - emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting timelift - make audible; "He lifted a war whoop"pant - utter while panting, as if out of breathvolley - utter rapidly; "volley a string of curses"break into - express or utter spontaneously; "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears"heave - utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"chorus - utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"splutter, sputter - utter with a spitting sound, as if in a ragedeliver - utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"hoot - to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"grunt - issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"wolf-whistle - whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of malessnort - indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom"spit, spit out - utter with anger or contemptgroan, moan - indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened"growl, rumble, grumble - to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"wrawl, yammer, yowl, howl - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert"bark - make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"baa, blat, blate, bleat - cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"bellow, roar - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep - make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"churr, whirr - make a vibrant sound, as of some birdschirr - make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadasmeow, mew - cry like a cat; "the cat meowed"quack - utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"hoot - utter the characteristic sound of owlscronk, honk - cry like a goose; "The geese were honking"hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate - make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapprovalsibilate - utter a sibilantbray, hee-haw - braying characteristic of donkeysoink, squeal - utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigscluck, clack, click - make a clucking sounds, characteristic of henslow, moo - make a low noise, characteristic of bovinescackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hensgobble - make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeysneigh, nicker, whicker, whinny - make a characteristic sound, of a horsegargle - utter with gargling or burbling soundscaw - utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravensmew - utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
	3.	utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalizeread - look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"phonate, vocalise, vocalize - utter speech soundstroll - speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voicebegin - begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he beganlip off, shoot one's mouth off - speak spontaneously and without restraint; "She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets"shout - utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout"whisper - speak softly; in a low voicepeep - speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voicespeak up - speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up"snap, snarl - utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"enthuse - utter with enthusiasmspeak in tongues - speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy; "The parishioners spoke in tongues"swallow - utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech"verbalise, verbalize - be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"talk of, talk about - discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things"blubber out, blubber - utter while cryingdrone on, drone - talk in a monotonous voicestammer, stutter, bumble, falter - speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"rasp - utter in a grating voiceblunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate, blunder - utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"inflect, modulate, tone - vary the pitch of one's speechdeliver, present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"generalise, generalize - speak or write in generalitiesblabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlychatter - make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees"rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away, jaw - talk incessantly and tiresomelyopen up - talk freely and without inhibitionsnivel, whine - talk in a tearful mannermurmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"mumble, mussitate, mutter, maunder - talk indistinctly; usually in a low voiceslur - utter indistinctlybark - speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"bay - utter in deep prolonged tonesjabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory mannersiss, sizz, hiss, sibilate - express or utter with a hisscackle - talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention"intone, tone, chant - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"gulp - utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat"sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
	4.	utter - put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"pass around, circulate, distribute, pass on - cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
Adj.	1.	utter - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"arrant, double-dyed, sodding, staring, perfect, pure, everlasting, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, consummate, complete, stark, grossunmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
	2.	utter - complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"deadcomplete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

utter

¹verb say, state, speak, voice, express, deliver, declare, mouth, breathe, pronounce, articulate, enunciate, put into words, verbalize, vocalize They departed without uttering a word.

utter

²adjective absolute, complete, total, perfect, positive, pure, sheer, stark, outright, all-out, thorough, downright, real, consummate, veritable, unqualified, out-and-out, unadulterated, unmitigated, thoroughgoing, arrant, deep-dyed (usually derogatory) A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face.

utter¹

verb1. To produce or make (speech sounds):articulate, enunciate, pronounce, say, vocalize.2. To put into words:articulate, communicate, convey, declare, express, say, state, talk, tell, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice.Idiom: give tongue to.

utter²

adjectiveCompletely such, without qualification or exception:absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved.Informal: flat-out, positive.Chiefly British: blooming.

Translations

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utter¹

(ˈatə) adjective complete or total. There was utter silence; utter darkness.完全的ˈutterly adverb completely or totally. She was utterly unaware of her danger.完全地

utter²

(ˈatə) verb to produce (sounds, eg cries, words etc) with the mouth. She uttered a sigh of relief; She didn't utter a single word of encouragement.发出声音

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verb say

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verb put into circulation

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