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utter
verb
1 utter
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise:
— He uttered a curse.
synonyms: express, give tongue to, verbalise, verbalize.
Roget 800:
amount to,
come to,
mount up to;
touch the pocket;
draw,
draw upon;
indorse
etc.
(security)
771;
issue,
utter;
discount
etc.
813;
back;
demonetize,
remonetize;
fiscalize†,
monetize.
circulate,
be in circulation;
be out of circulation.
[manufacture currency]
mint
(coins),
coin;
print
(paper currency).
[vary the value of money]
inflate,
deflate;
debase;
devalue,
revalue.
[vary the amount of money]
circulate,
put in circulation;
withdraw from circulation.
[change the type of currency]
exchange currencies,
change money.
charge interest;
pay interest;
lose interest.
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Dutch: uiten
2 utter
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words):
— He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand.
synonyms: emit, let loose, let out.
Roget 531:
publish;
make public,
make known
etc.
(information)
527;
speak of,
talk of;
broach,
utter;
put forward;
circulate,
propagate,
promulgate;
spread,
spread abroad;
rumor,
diffuse,
disseminate,
evulugate;
put forth,
give forth,
send forth;
emit,
edit,
get out;
issue;
bring before the public,
lay before the public,
drag before the public;
give out,
give to the world;
put about,
bandy about,
hawk about,
buzz about,
whisper about,
bruit about,
blaze about;
drag into the open day;
voice.
proclaim,
herald,
blazon;
blaze abroad,
noise abroad;
sound a trumpet;
trumpet forth,
thunder forth;
give tongue;
announce with beat of drum,
announce with flourish of trumpets;
proclaim from the housetops,
proclaim at Charing Cross.
advertise,
placard;
post,
post up afficher†,
publish in the Gazette,
send round the crier.
raise a cry,
raise a hue and cry,
raise a report;
set news afloat.
be published
&c.;
be public,
become public
etc.
adj.;
come out;
go about,
fly about,
buzz about,
blow about;
get about,
get abroad,
get afloat,
get wind;
find vent;
see the light;
go forth,
take air,
acquire currency,
pass current;
go the rounds,
go the round of the newspapers,
go through the length and breadth of the land;
virum volitare per ora [Lat.];
pass from mouth to mouth;
spread;
run like wildfire,
spread like wildfire.
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Roget 73:
disperse,
scatter,
sow,
broadcast,
disseminate,
diffuse,
shed,
spread,
bestrew,
overspread,
dispense,
disband,
disembody,
dismember,
distribute;
apportion
etc.
786;
blow off,
let out,
dispel,
cast forth,
draught off;
strew,
straw,
strow†;
ted;
spirtle†,
cast,
sprinkle;
issue,
deal out,
retail,
utter;
resperse†,
intersperse;
set abroach†,
circumfuse†.
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
scatter to the winds;
spread like wildfire,
disperse themselves.
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Roget 529:
disclose,
discover,
dismask†;
draw the veil,
draw aside the veil,
lift the veil,
raise the veil,
lift up the veil,
remove the veil,
tear aside the veil,
tear the curtain;
unmask,
unveil,
unfold,
uncover,
unseal,
unkennel;
take off the seal,
break the seal;
lay open,
lay bare;
expose;
open,
open up;
bare,
bring to light.
divulge,
reveal,
break;
squeal [Coll.],
tattle [Coll.],
sing [Coll.],
rat [Coll.],
snitch [Coll.];
let into the secret;
reveal the secrets of the prison house;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
breathe,
utter,
blab,
peach;
let out,
let fall,
let drop,
let slip,
spill the beans,
let the cat out of the bag;
betray;
tell tales,
come out of school;
come out with;
give vent,
give utterance to;
open the lips,
blurt out,
vent,
whisper about;
speak out
etc.
(make manifest)
525;
make public
etc.
531;
unriddle
etc.
(find out)
480.1;
split.
acknowledge,
allow,
concede,
grant,
admit,
own,
own up to,
confess,
avow,
throw off all disguise,
turn inside out,
make a clean breast;
show one's hand,
show one's cards;
unburden one's mind,
disburden one's mind,
disburden one's conscience,
disburden one's heart;
open one's mind,
lay bare one's mind,
tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.];
unbosom oneself,
own to the soft impeachment;
say the truth,
speak the truth;
turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence;
acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask,
drop the mask,
lift the mask,
remove the mask,
throw off the mask;
expose;
lay open;
undeceive†,
unbeguile†;
disabuse,
set right,
correct,
open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed
&c.;
transpire,
come to light;
come in sight
etc.
(be visible)
446;
become known,
escape the lips;
come out,
ooze out,
creep out,
leak out,
peep out,
crop-out;
show its face,
show its colors;
discover itself
&c.;
break through the clouds,
flash on the mind.
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Dutch: produceren
3 utter
Express in speech.
synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize.
Roget 580:
utter,
breathe;
give utterance,
give tongue;
cry
etc.
(shout)
411;
ejaculate,
rap out;
vocalize,
prolate†,
articulate,
enunciate,
pronounce,
accentuate,
aspirate,
deliver,
mouth;
whisper in the ear.
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Roget 582:
speak of;
say,
utter,
pronounce,
deliver,
give utterance to;
utter forth,
pour forth;
breathe,
let fall,
come out with;
rap out,
blurt out have on one's lips;
have at the end of one's tongue,
have at the tip of one's tongue.
break silence;
open one's lips,
open one's mouth;
lift one's voice,
raise one's voice;
give the tongue,
wag the tongue;
talk,
outspeak†;
put in a word or two,
hold forth;
make a speech,
deliver a speech
etc.
n.;
speechify,
harangue,
declaim,
stump,
flourish,
recite,
lecture,
sermonize,
discourse,
be on one's legs;
have one's say,
say one's say;
spout,
rant,
rave,
vent one's fury,
vent one's rage;
expatiate
etc.
(speak at length)
573;
speak one's mind,
go on the stump,
take the stump [U.S.].
soliloquize
etc.
589;
tell
etc.
(inform)
527;
speak to
etc.
586;
talk together
etc.
588.
be eloquent
etc.
adj.;
have a tongue in one's head,
have the gift of the gab
etc.
n..
pass one's lips,
escape one's lips;
fall from the lips,
fall from the mouth.
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4 utter
Put into circulation.
Dutch: uiten
adjective
1 utter
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers:
— Utter nonsense.
synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated ... show more.
Roget 31:
great;
greater
etc.
33;
large,
considerable,
fair,
above par;
big,
huge
etc.
(large in size)
192;
Herculean,
cyclopean;
ample;
abundant;
etc.
(enough)
639
full,
intense,
strong,
sound,
passing,
heavy,
plenary,
deep,
high;
signal,
at its height,
in the zenith.
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed,
extensive;
wholesale;
many
etc.
102.
goodly,
noble,
precious,
mighty;
sad,
grave,
heavy,
serious;
far gone,
arrant,
downright;
utter,
uttermost;
crass,
gross,
arch,
profound,
intense,
consummate;
rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate;
glaring,
flagrant,
stark staring;
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing;
roaring,
thumping;
extraordinary. ;
important
etc.
642;
unsurpassed
etc.
(supreme)
33;
complete
etc.
52.
august,
grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic
etc.
(repute)
873.
vast,
immense,
enormous,
extreme;
inordinate,
excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous,
overgrown;
towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible;
marvelous
etc.
870.
unlimited
etc.
(infinite)
105;
unapproachable,
unutterable,
indescribable,
ineffable,
unspeakable,
inexpressible,
beyond expression,
fabulous.
undiminished,
unabated,
unreduced†,
unrestricted.
absolute,
positive,
stark,
decided,
unequivocal,
essential,
perfect,
finished.
remarkable,
of mark,
marked,
pointed,
veriest;
noteworthy;
renowned.
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2 utter
Complete and absolute:
— Utter seriousness.
synonym: blank.
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