an act of uttering; vocal expression.

manner of speaking; power of speaking

His very utterance was spellbinding.

something uttered; a word or words uttered; a cry, animal's call, or the like.

Linguistics . any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence

it may be coextensive with a sentence.

Obsolete . a public sale of goods.

noun

silence

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