"aloud" meaning in English

See aloud in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈlaʊd/ Audio: en-us-aloud.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊd Etymology: From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aloud}} Middle English aloud, {{m|enm||a loude|aloud}} a loude (“aloud”), {{prefix|en|a|loud}} a- + loud, {{prefix|en|a|loude|t2=sound}} a- + loude (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aloud (not comparable)
  1. Spoken out loud. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-aloud-en-adj-tcdwxNmW Disambiguation of Talking: 69 12 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 11 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 7 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 64 10 26

Adverb

IPA: /əˈlaʊd/ Audio: en-us-aloud.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊd Etymology: From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aloud}} Middle English aloud, {{m|enm||a loude|aloud}} a loude (“aloud”), {{prefix|en|a|loud}} a- + loud, {{prefix|en|a|loude|t2=sound}} a- + loude (“sound”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} aloud (not comparable)
  1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Tags: not-comparable Translations (loudly): гла́сно (glásno) (Bulgarian), 大聲地 (Chinese Mandarin), 大声地 (dàshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), виян (vijan) (Eastern Mari), äänekkäästi (Finnish), à voix haute (French), à haute voix (French), fort (French), laut (German), μεγαλοφώνως (megalofónos) (Greek), φωναχτά (fonachtá) (Greek), a voce alta (Italian), ad alta voce (Italian), 大声で (ōgoe de) (alt: おおごえで) (Japanese), 큰 소리로 (keun soriro) (Korean), 크게 (keuge) (Korean), kiriwaha (Maori), em voz alta (Portuguese), гро́мко (grómko) (Russian), en voz alta (Spanish), ljudligt (Swedish), högljutt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-aloud-en-adv-P9zywVRO Disambiguation of 'loudly': 80 20
  2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aloud-en-adv-l1T~5b8q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: read-aloud, talk-aloud protocol, talk aloud protocol, think aloud

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        "2": "a",
        "3": "loude",
        "t2": "sound"
      },
      "expansion": "a- + loude (“sound”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aloud (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "aloud"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, James Anderson, The Art of God, page 176",
          "text": "When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Spoken out loud."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "out loud",
          "out loud"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlaʊd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "allowed"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-aloud.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/En-us-aloud.ogg/En-us-aloud.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-aloud.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aloud"
}

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