Aloud

//əˈlaʊd// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Spoken out loud. not-comparable

    "When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent"

Adverb
  1. 1
    With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. not-comparable

    "Try speaking aloud rather than whispering."

  2. 2
    Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly. not-comparable

    "speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately"

Adverb
  1. 1
    using the voice; not silently wordnet
  2. 2
    with relatively high volume wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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