Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aloud

/əˈlaʊd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: aloud
IPA: /əˈlaʊd/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.

adv

Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.

adj

Spoken out loud.

Example Sentences

"Try speaking aloud rather than whispering."
"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."
"speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately"
"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."
"When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a
Root: aloud

Phrases

read-aloud talk-aloud protocol talk aloud protocol think aloud

Synonyms

out loud loudly loud

Homonyms

allowed

Rhymes With

allowed proud crowd loud cloud endowed how'd vowed bowed macleod shroud mcleod

Questions

How do you pronounce aloud?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈlaʊd/.
What does aloud mean?: With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Where does aloud come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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