aloud

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English aloud, a loude (aloud), equivalent to a- +‎ loud or a- +‎ loude (sound).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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aloud (not comparable)

  1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
    Try speaking aloud rather than whispering.
  2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
    speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately

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Translations

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Adjective

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aloud (not comparable)

  1. Spoken out loud.
    • 2004, James Anderson, The Art of God, page 176:
      When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of al +‎ oud.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.ɑu̯t/, /ɑlˈɑu̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧oud

Adjective

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aloud (not comparable)

  1. ancient, time-honoured, from time immemorial
    • 2007, Paul Rutten, Digitalisering en dynamiek. Over de consequenties van de digitale revolutie voor de media-industrie, in het bijzonder de uitgeverij. Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar Digitale Mediastudies aan de Universiteit Leiden op vrijdag 29 september 2006, Amsterdam University Press, page 10:
      De aloude en zeer persistente misvatting dat nieuwe media bestaande media overbodig maken, heeft menig investeerder aan het eind van de vorige en het begin van deze eeuw met aanzienlijke verliezen moeten bekopen.
      The time-honoured and very persistent misconception that new media make existing media obsolete, has incurred considerable losses to many an investor at the end of the previous century and at the beginning of this century.

Declension

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Declension of aloud
uninflected aloud
inflected aloude
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial aloud
indefinite m./f. sing. aloude
n. sing. aloud
plural aloude
definite aloude
partitive alouds

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