Past tense of utter
regular verb
The past tense of utter is uttered. The past participle is also uttered.
Forms of utter
| Base form (V1) | utter /ˈʌtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | uttered /ˈʌtɚd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | uttered /ˈʌtɚd/ |
| Present participle | uttering |
| Third person singular | utters /ˈʌtəz/ |
Uttered in a sentence
- "Your master," he declared, "has uttered a damnable lie about a dead friend of mine."1959, Muriel Spark, chapter 14, in Max Gissen, editor, Memento Mori, Time Reading Program special edition, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc....
- Sally’s car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes.
- Conditioning would require exposition to any sentence before being uttered, which isn’t the case.From the entry case
- The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.From the entry muddle
- Having tripped the bank's alarms, he simply uttered: "in for a penny, in for a pound", and continued on.From the entry in for a penny, in for a pound
Meaning of utter
- adjective To the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
- adjective Of a substance: pure, unmixed.
- adjective Of decisions, replies, etc.: made in an unconditional or unqualified manner; decisive, definite.
Questions about the past tense of utter
- What is the past tense of utter?
- The past tense of utter is uttered.
- What is the past participle of utter?
- The past participle of utter is uttered.
- Is utter a regular or irregular verb?
- Utter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: utter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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