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a·loud
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adverb
1.
with the normal tone and volume of the speaking voice, as distinguished from whisperingly:
They could not speak aloud in the library.
2.
vocally, as distinguished from mentally:
He read the book aloud.
3.
with a
loud
voice; loudly:
to cry aloud in grief.
Origin:
1325–75;
Middle English;
see
a-
1
,
loud
Can be confused:
allowed
,
allude
,
aloud,
elude
.
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aloud
(əˈlaʊd)
—
adv
, —
adj
1.
in a normal voice; not in a whisper
2.
in a spoken voice; not silently
3.
archaic
in a loud voice
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
aloud
late 14c., from
a-
(1) +
loud
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Sync's text-to-voice technology enables the system to read
aloud
incoming text
messages as they arrive.
But it has been a rare voice to speak
aloud
for the rights of shareholders.
Well, you can't legally monitor something that isn't registered anywhere or
spoken
aloud
.
Model text-to-self connections by reading the first paragraph
aloud
.
Some politicians are wondering
aloud
whether capital controls might be in order.
Now have a volunteer read
aloud
the caption on the leopard's picture.
Then she reads
aloud
from a favorite book about the various ways people might die after a nuclear blast.
Reading my rudimentary essays
aloud
, even in the ninth grade, led to eurekas.
When he's in this condition he thinks up one-liners, some of which he says
aloud
, while the others he keeps to himself.
Unless it is being dramatized or read
aloud
over the radio, fiction is one of the private ones.
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