ute
noun
a utility vehicle.
ute
1 American
[yoot]
/ jut /
noun
Ute
2
American
[yoot]
/ jut /
noun
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Utes,
plural
-
Ute
plural
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a member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
-
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
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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
Hore hesmel beo heie istihd; al wið ute broche. no mon ne i seo ham unweawed . ne open heaued.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
It allows the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of southwestern Colorado to approve its own energy-related leases, rights of way and business agreements without federal sign-off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Wednesday, chief prosecutor Ute Lindemann described Brückner as a "dangerous, psychopathic sadist" and said he should be placed in preventive detention after serving his sentence.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
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
She was either an Apache or a Ute.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The Southern Utes of Colorado are the first to gain authority established under George W. Bush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
The Utes built a 20-0 advantage before the Bruins scored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
This included allowing 286 yards rushing to the former Pac-12 Utes who, it turns out, probably should have gone to the Big Ten instead of these withering Bruins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025
The old Utes said it was a lie; there were no such things.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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