{
    "term": "utter",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize how complete something is",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That's complete and utter nonsense!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "To my utter amazement she agreed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt an utter fool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt like an utter fool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was an act of utter selfishness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could see the utter futility of trying to protest."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌtə(r)/",
                "audio": "ut/utter/utter__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌtər/",
                "audio": "ut/utter/utter__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective Old English ūtera, ūttra ‘outer’, comparative of ūt ‘out’; compare with outer."
}