utterance
/ˈʌt(ə)r(ə)ns
/noun
1A spoken word, statement, or vocal sound: he whispered, as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality...
- His bizarre word rhythm and gleeful disregard for punctuation makes even his most banal utterances sound dramatic.
- So often we are subjected to erroneous and incorrect statements and irresponsible utterances from ignorant and unauthorised sources.
- At times like this, as we grope to express our feelings, we all tend to fall back on the simplest of utterances.
Synonyms
remark, comment, word, expression, statement, observation, declaration, pronouncement;
reflection, thought, opinion
1.1 [mass noun] The action of saying or expressing something aloud: the simple utterance of a few platitudes...
- Each and every further utterance of these feeble claims, simply illustrates the ignorance and contempt in which these people view the military.
- It's what every mother dreams of, next to hearing that first utterance of ma-ma and the later cooing of I love you at early ages.
- One definition of singing is' the utterance of words or sounds in tuneful succession '.
Synonyms
voicing, saying, speaking, expression, delivery, sounding, mouthing, breathing, articulation, enunciation, verbalization, vocalization
1.2 Linguistics An uninterrupted chain of spoken or written language.Any utterance, in these languages, must terminate in a vowel, and adjacent consonants are disallowed....
- These kinds of utterances are normal everyday instances of language use for the individuals concerned.
- Grammarians and purists put far more stock in ‘logical’ usage than empirical evidence suggests is supported by actual utterances.