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/ |
- 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
- …
Word Originverb late Middle English: from Middle Dutch ūteren ‘speak, make known, give currency to coins’.
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