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

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x1)
- Not a word was uttered during the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x2)
- She uttered a scream when she saw the spider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x3)
- The parrot uttered its first word: «Hello». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x4)
- He uttered a quiet «thank you». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x5)
- The name was never uttered in that house again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x6)
- Jack uttered a cry of surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uttered/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.765/)
- [Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in distress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1073/)
- [With whose help hast thou uttered words?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.658/)
- [Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1161/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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