uttered

«uttered» in Mova's school dictionary: Said something out loud or made a sound with the voice — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past tense and past participle of utter)

meaning for a pupil

Said something out loud or made a sound with the voice. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used mostly in stories and writing for speech, often when only a little was said: «She uttered a cry.» «Never uttered a word» means stayed silent.

examples

• The old man uttered a sigh and sat down. tree →
• Not a word was uttered during the test. tree →
• She uttered a scream when she saw the spider. tree →
• The parrot uttered its first word: «Hello». tree →
• He uttered a quiet «thank you». tree →
• The name was never uttered in that house again. tree →
• Jack uttered a cry of surprise. tree →

note

Past of utter (regular, -ed). More formal or bookish than «said». Often with sounds or few words: uttered a cry, a word, a groan.

In the corpora

• Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
• Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.
• With whose help hast thou uttered words?
• Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

Trees and pragmatics

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