Meaning & use
Utterances
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Things that are said, spoken, or expressed vocally.
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The linguist recorded the child's earliest utterances to study language development.
His public utterances were carefully measured to avoid controversy.
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A term favored in linguistics, where an 'utterance' refers to any unit of spoken language, as distinct from a written 'sentence.'
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statementsremarks
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