utterance

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Thân thiện

A child's first utterance brings joy to the family.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An act of speaking or expressing something vocally: An "utterance" refers to the action of producing spoken words or sounds.
   • Something that is said; a spoken word, statement, or vocal sound: An "utterance" can also refer to the specific words or sounds that are produced when someone speaks.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Her first utterance after waking up was a request for coffee.
  • The child's utterances were simple but clear.
  • He gave utterance to his feelings of frustration. (This uses the phrase "gave utterance to," meaning expressed.)

Advanced Usage

• In linguistics: An "utterance" is any unit of speech bounded by silence or a change of speaker. It can be a single word, a phrase, a sentence, or a longer stretch of speech.
  • The linguist analyzed each utterance in the conversation for its grammatical structure.
• To give utterance to (something): A formal phrase meaning to express a thought or feeling in words.
  • The poem gives powerful utterance to the experience of loss.

Variants and Related Words

• Utter (verb): To say something aloud or to produce a sound with one's voice.
  • She did not utter a single word during the meeting.
• Utters (verb, third person singular): He/she/it utters.
• Uttered (verb, past tense): Spoke or expressed.
• Uttering (verb, present participle): The act of speaking.

Synonyms

• Statement: A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.
• Remark: Something said, usually briefly or casually.
• Expression: The act of making your thoughts or feelings known, especially through words.

Related Phrases

• Free utterance: The right or ability to speak openly.
  • The principle of free utterance is vital in a democracy.
• Inarticulate utterance: A vocal sound that is not clear or coherent speech.
  • He made an inarticulate utterance of surprise.

Related Idioms

• To hang on someone's every utterance: To listen to someone with great attention and interest.
  • The audience hung on the speaker's every utterance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

Từ đồng nghĩa

• vocalization