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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#m1)

2) (adjective) Complete; total: utter silence, utter nonsense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x1)
- The room fell into utter silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x2)
- What you said is utter nonsense! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x3)
- The baby uttered a tiny squeak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x4)
- My bedroom is an utter mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x5)
- Don't utter a sound while the deer are near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x6)
- The King could not utter a word for several minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.648/)
- [But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.38/)
- [A wind too strong for this shall come for Me; now will I also utter judgments against them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.109/)
- [Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night revealeth knowledge;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.266/)
- [The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.603/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «utter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/utter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.