utter

«utter» in Mova's school dictionary: To say something or make a sound with your voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (utter, utters, uttered, uttering); adjective (utter)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To say something or make a sound with your voice. tree →

2) (adjective) Complete; total: utter silence, utter nonsense. tree →

sense in the lessons

The verb is used in stories: «She did not utter a word.» The adjective strengthens a noun, often for bad things: «an utter mess», «utter rubbish». In everyday talk «utterly» means completely.

examples

• He was so shocked he could not utter a word. tree →
• The room fell into utter silence. tree →
• What you said is utter nonsense! tree →
• The baby uttered a tiny squeak. tree →
• My bedroom is an utter mess. tree →
• Don't utter a sound while the deer are near. tree →
• The King could not utter a word for several minutes. tree →

note

The adjective goes before a noun only: «utter chaos», not «the chaos was utter». Takes «an»: «an utter disaster». Verb is regular: uttered. «Utterly» = completely. Do not confuse with «otter» (the animal) or «udder» (part of a cow).

In the corpora

• Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.'
• A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; now will I also utter judgments against them.
• Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night revealeth knowledge;
• The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «utter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.