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
Their children Stirling, 11, Ella, 8 and Grace, 6 jump out of the ute and kick around the dust and cow pats as their cattle mill around the water troughs.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2018
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
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
While giving back local control was Trump’s stated rationale, tribes in the area, like the Diné, Ute, Hopi, and Zuni, had been working for years to protect the two iconic and culturally significant sites.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 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
It was an icy homecoming for UCLA’s Lazar Stefanovic, the former Ute who was booed every time he touched the ball and even when he checked back into the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
She was either an Apache or a Ute.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
In the 1970s, Southern Utes began pushing to reclaim control of the mineral resources under their land.
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
Seemed pretty simple for the Utes, who scored on their first three possessions with drives of 75, 60 and 49 yards, making it 20-0 before the second quarter was three minutes old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 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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