[ noun ] the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication <noun.communication>
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. 1. The act of uttering. Specifically: (a) Sale by offering to the public. [Obs.] --Bacon. (b) Putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes. (c) Vocal expression; articulation; speech.
At length gave utterance to these words. --Milton.
2. Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.
They . . . began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. --Acts ii. 4.
O, how unlike To that large utterance of the early gods! --Keats.
Utterance \Ut"ter*ance\, n. [F. outrance. See {Outrance}.] The last extremity; the end; death; outrance. [Obs.]
Annibal forced those captives whom he had taken of our men to skirmish one against another to the utterance. --Holland.
Technically, the answer is no. It is possible to adjust a piece's position within the square if it is off-centre, but etiquette demands that this is preceeded by the utterance 'J'adoube'.
Programs do not have poor ratings, they have "breakout potential" or "valuable demographics." Television is not alone in its attempt to put spin control on every utterance.
Even a poem-sequence stemming from a deep sense of personal loss like In Memoriam was conceived in terms of public utterance. Peter Levi, a poet himself, is highly sensitive to this aspect of Tennyson. and reminds us of it when commenting on the poems.
Slow. And heavily amplified, so that voices usually emanate from nowhere near the actors and a heavy echo follows every utterance. The next problem is John Tams's music.
In his first utterance as a national candidate, Quayle thanked Bush for his confidence and immediately showed off the exuberance he will bring to the ticket in the uphill race against the Democrats this fall. "Let's go get 'em!" he shouted.
The rest - the propulsive opening movement, the jazz-inflected finale - offer effective solo writing, without ever hinting at the kind of personal utterance that Casken's concerto manages so memorably.
But one industry spokesman described as a 'Delphic utterance' yesterday's statement by Mr Martin Bangemann, the industry commissioner, that there were several possibilities under discussion to make up the shortfall.
And throughout this performance there is an urgency to nearly every utterance, as if Bernstein were seeking genuine experience out of each of Candide's adventures, no matter how silly.
With this type of pseudopalate, Dr. Fletcher says, a three-year-old deaf girl whose only vowel utterance was an "ah" quickly learned to utter "e" and "i" sounds.