utterance
noun/ˈʌtərəns/
/ˈʌtərəns/
(formal)- [uncountable] the act of expressing something in words
- You may feel moved to give utterance to your thoughts.
- The audience was won over by the utterance of a few platitudes about freedom and the family.
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- [countable] something that you say
- This was one of her few recorded public utterances.
- In his public utterances he has suggested support for the bill, but in private he speaks against it.
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