ute
noun
a utility vehicle.
ute
1 American
[yoot]
/ jut /
noun
Ute
2
American
[yoot]
/ jut /
noun
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Utes,
plural
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Ute
plural
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a member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
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a dialect or group of dialects of the Uto-Aztecan language shared by the Utes and Southern Paiutes.
Ute
1
British
/ ˈjuːtɪ, juːt /
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, related to the Aztecs
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the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
ute
2
British
/ juːt /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ute
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The only abuse was a rude word shouted by the driver of a passing ute.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
The Japanese automaker proclaimed that the RAV4-sized ute would get around 300 miles of range.
From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022
In the next millisecond, no sooner had the ute stopped, Annette tells me: ‘Let’s run to the house.’
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2019
As Australia rose to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, feeding and clothing a Europe recovering from World War 2, the vehicle it drove was the Holden ute.
From Reuters ● Dec. 24, 2013
Mid faire worde ⁊ mid wsome. þeȝ we ne bo at one acorde. we muȝe bet mid fawre worde. wit ute cheste ⁊ bute fiȝte.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
Visitors there learn about Ute culture in a far less crowded and more natural, intimate setting than a national park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The research group headed by Professor Dr Ute Armbruster from the Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis at HHU is examining this process from a range of perspectives.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Likewise, members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in White Mesa, Utah have protested against uranium mines they say have contaminated local groundwater, air and even wildlife.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
On a canyon wall, they found rock art: a huge panel of horses and other designs still used by the Hopi, Navajo and Ute tribes whose reservations were nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Several years after the Osage murder investigation, Wren, the Ute agent, was forced out of the bureau again, this time for good.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
The Southern Utes told the GAO in 2014 that the BIA sat on 81 pipeline right-of-way applications for five to eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
I’m also very aware that I could get a hearty case from a fan of the Cougars, the Vanderbilt Commodores, the Utah Utes or even the Texas Longhorns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
Jalen Berger ran for eight yards in five carries against the Utes and Anthony Woods gained 13 yards in three carries to go with his three catches for 48 yards and a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
So as I zipped through Utah, which some archaeologists think was the Aztecs’ original home because their language is related to that of the Utes, I thought again about sunflowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The old Utes said it was a lie; there were no such things.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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