aloud
pronunciation
How to pronounce aloud in British English:
UK [əˈlaʊd]
How to pronounce aloud in American English:
US [əˈlaʊd]
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- Adverb:
- using the voice; not silently
- with relatively high volume
Word Origin
- aloud
- aloud: [14] Aloud was formed in Middle English from the adjective loud and the prefix a-, as in abroad; it does not appear to have had a direct Old English antecedent *on loud. Its opposite, alow ‘quietly’, did not survive the 15th century.=> loud
- aloud (adv.)
- late 14c., from a- (1) + loud.
Example
- 1. Finally , she opened and read the note aloud .
- 2. There by the water I said aloud everything I had just realized .
- 3. The children could hear it all the time though nobody said it aloud .
- 4. If you can read music , you will find yourself humming aloud to see what he means .
- 5. We sat down on a bench together , and she read the letter to me aloud .