utterance
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
utterance/ˈʌtərəns/
▶noun a word, statement, or sound uttered.
■ the action of uttering.
■ Linguistics an uninterrupted chain of speech or writing.
'utterance' also found in these Oxford entries:
-ance
- benediction
- chorus
- contour
- deliverance
- echo
- er
- filler
- ha
- ha ha
- hallelujah
- hereby
- interruption
- locution
- mumble
- murmur
- mutter
- OK
- pah
- peep
- performative
- perseverate
- pish
- sandhi
- segment
- shush
- slur
- speech act
- tense
- tone group
- Tourette's syndrome
- tush
- tut-tut
- unison
- warble
