aloud
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Example
“Try speaking aloud rather than whispering.”
Other meanings
Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
“speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately”
Synonyms
- out loud
Related words
- read-aloud
- talk aloud protocol
- talk-aloud protocol
- think aloud
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "aloud".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “aloud” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.