| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ut·ter·ance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   t  r-ns |
| NOUN: | The uttermost end or extremity; the bitter end. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French outrance, from outrer, to go beyond limits, from Vulgar Latin *ultr re, from Latin ultr, beyond. See al-1 in Appendix I.
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