utterance

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/ˈʌtəɹəns/ English

Definitions

noun

An act of uttering.
Something spoken.
The ability to speak.
A manner of speaking.“He has a good utterance.”

noun

The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).

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Synonyms

expression phrase prolation comment remark opinion statement declaration dictum assertion affirmation pronouncement articulation speech proclamation saying

Associated

illocutionary implicature hearer addressee performative prosodic agitate grice blasphemous intonation seditious uttered

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