Aloud Meaning
/əˈlaʊd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advWith a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
advAudibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
Sentence Examples
Reading aloud was a great effort for him.
You ought to read English aloud.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked the student to read the poem ____ for the class to hear.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please read the text ____ so that the whole class can hear the story.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement."
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
"When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent"
— 2004, James Anderson, The Art of God, page 176:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked the student to read the poem ____ for the class to hear.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please read the text ____ so that the whole class can hear the story.