Utterance

n.	1.	The act of uttering.
	2.	Sale by offering to the public.
	2.	Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance. They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. - Acts ii. 4. O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! - Keats.
	3.	Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.
	4.	Vocal expression; articulation; speech. At length gave utterance to these words. - Milton.
	1.	The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. - Holland.

Noun

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utterance - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication Synonyms: vocalization

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