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Meaning of 'utter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Utter [ a.]
- Outer.
- Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
- Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.
- Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.
- To put forth or out; to reach out.
- To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
- hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.
- To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.

Meaning of 'utter' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . utter [ v]
Meaning (1):
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
Example in sentence:
  • He uttered a curse;
  • She expressed her anger
Meaning (2):
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Example in sentence:
  • He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand;
  • She let out a big heavy sigh
Meaning (3):
- express in speech
Example in sentence:
  • She talks a lot of nonsense;
  • This depressed patient does not verbalize
Meaning (4):
- put into circulation
Example in sentence:
  • utter counterfeit currency
5 . utter [ s]
Meaning (5):
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a complete coward;
  • a consummate fool;
  • a double-dyed villain;
  • a perfect idiot;
  • a thorough nuisance;
  • a thoroughgoing villain;
  • an arrant fool;
  • gross negligence;
  • pure folly;
  • stark staring mad;
  • the unadulterated truth;
  • utter nonsense;
  • what a sodding mess
Meaning (6):
- complete and absolute
Example in sentence:
  • blank stupidity;
  • utter seriousness

Nearby Words:

utterable utterance uttered utterer utterest uttering utterless utterly uttermore uttermost

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