What does "utterance" mean?

An act of, or the process of, uttering.

Utterance

Common synonyms include: address, adjectival phrase, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement.

//ˈʌtəɹəns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
An act of, or the process of, uttering. countable, uncountable
"at length gave utterance to these words"
2
The utmost extremity, especially of a fight; bodily harm or death. archaic, literary
"Among champions and such as strive for the masterie in feats of activitie, we count those for their adversaries and concurrents onely, who professe and practise the same kinde of game or exercise; for those that goe to it with fists and buffers, are commonly friends good enough to such sword-fencers as fight at sharpe to the utterance, and well-willers to the champions called Pancratiastae."
3
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication wordnet
4
An instance of that act or process: especially, something spoken (e.g., syllables, words, phrases); (especially linguistics) any such thing either spoken or written. countable, uncountable
"And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes."
5
The ability to speak. countable, uncountable
"Mrs. Weston kissed her with tears of joy; and when she could find utterance, assured her, that this protestation had done her more good than any thing else in the world could do."

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6
A manner of speaking. countable, uncountable
"He has a good utterance."
7
A sale made by offering to the public. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"The clothemakers[…] had great profite and good utterance of the sayd cloth"
8
An act of putting in circulation. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes"