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Definition of utter verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

utter

verb
 
/ˈʌtə(r)/
 
/ˈʌtər/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they utter
 
/ˈʌtə(r)/
 
/ˈʌtər/
he / she / it utters
 
/ˈʌtəz/
 
/ˈʌtərz/
past simple uttered
 
/ˈʌtəd/
 
/ˈʌtərd/
past participle uttered
 
/ˈʌtəd/
 
/ˈʌtərd/
-ing form uttering
 
/ˈʌtərɪŋ/
 
/ˈʌtərɪŋ/
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  1. utter something to make a sound with your voice; to say something
    • He uttered a great cry of anger.
    • She did not utter a word during lunch (= said nothing).
    • My mother hardly uttered a word the entire afternoon.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtter is used with these nouns as the object:
    • blasphemy
    • cry
    • curse
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    Word Originverb late Middle English: from Middle Dutch ūteren ‘speak, make known, give currency to coins’.
See utter in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee utter in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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