noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ˈʌtəɹəns/
General-American:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:AH1 T ER0 AH0 N S
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An act of, or the process of, uttering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
July 1857, The Imagination in Mathematics", in The North American Review 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uttering
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The ability to speak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A manner of speaking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He has a good utterance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A sale made by offering to the public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
An act of putting in circulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
The utmost extremity, especially of a fight; bodily harm or death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outrance
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
