Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Outside; on the outside; out.
- Utterly.
- That is or lies on the exterior or outside; outer.
- Situated at or beyond the limits of something; remote from some center; outward; outside of any place or space.
- Complete; total; entire; perfect; absolute.
- Peremptory; absolute; unconditional; unqualified; final.
- noun The extreme; the utmost.
- To put out or forth; expel; emit.
- To dispose of to the public or in the way of trade; specifically, to put into circulation, as money, notes, base coin, etc.: now used only in the latter specific sense.
- To give public expression to; disclose; publish; pronounce; speak: reflexively, to give utterance to, as one's thoughts; express one's self.
- In law, to deliver, or offer to deliver, as an unlawful thing for an unlawful purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To put forth or out; to reach out.
- transitive verb obsolete To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.
- transitive verb hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like.
- transitive verb To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
- adjective obsolete, obsolete Outer.
- adjective obsolete Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
- adjective Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute.
- adjective Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final.
- adjective (Law), [Eng.] the whole body of junior barristers.
- adjective (Law), [Eng.] one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the
benchers , who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete Further
out ; furtheraway ,outside . - verb transitive To
say - verb transitive To use the
voice - verb transitive To make
speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved - verb transitive To make (a noise)
- verb law, transitive To put
counterfeit money etc. intocirculation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put into circulation
- adjective complete
- verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- verb articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- verb express in speech
- adjective without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Etymologies
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Examples
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IV. iv.330 (346,1) [_That doth utter all mens 'wear-a_] To _utter_.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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After witnessing first hand what he calls the utter failure of our current policies of drug prohibition -- marijuana in particular -- he cites unnecessary prison growth, increased taxes, increased crime and corruption, and the loss of civil liberties as the unhealthy side effects of an anemic policy in need of drastic reform.
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Looking at what he called "utter obliteration," he vowed that the community will rebuild.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Some residents fought back tears as they told the City Council about how police impounded their cars with what they described as utter indifference to extraordinary circumstances and medical emergencies.
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If you really don't like it for whatever reason, well, you can't actually return it like a CD, but I'm going to take you on your word that you deleted it from your hard drive in utter disdain, and allow you to ask for a replacement of equal value.
Archive 2010-02-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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The Chamber is an exercise in utter brainlessness.
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She called the police from her mobile phone as she stood there in utter terror and shortly after officer Mohab came to her rescue.
Global Voices in English » Egypt: April 18 Declared Anti-Harassment Day 2009
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As opposed to say, the Bush Administration, where every American woman, man and child, lived in utter peace and tranquility … ….
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Many intelligent, independent women today are in utter denial as to their true skin tone, wasting oodles of their life stood in paper knickers in a portable tent being sprayed Walnut.
Slap shtick: How not to put on make-up Grace Dent 2010
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The public trial will likely reveal that the veteran FBI interrogation term left Cheney's handpicked blackwater torture wannabe's in utter disgust over their incompetence and tactics.
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