aloud

  • 21aloud — adverb please don t read aloud Syn: audibly, out loud, for all to hear Ant: silently …

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  • 22aloud */ — UK [əˈlaʊd] / US adverb loud enough for other people to hear The teacher would read aloud to the group …

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  • 23aloud — [14] Aloud was formed in Middle English from the adjective loud and the prefix a , as in abroad; it does not appear to have had a direct Old English antecedent *on loud. Its opposite, alow ‘quietly’, did not survive the 15th century. Cf.⇒ LOUD …

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  • 24aloud - loudly — ◊ aloud If you say something aloud, you say it so that other people can hear you. In no previous war could men say aloud what was on their minds. If you read aloud a piece of writing, you say the words so that people can hear what has been… …

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  • 25aloud / allowed —    Aloud means speaking out so that someone else can hear you : Read this paragraph aloud.    Allowed means having permission : His boss allowed him to take the weekend off …

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  • 26aloud / allowed —    Aloud means speaking out so that someone else can hear you : Read this paragraph aloud.    Allowed means having permission : His boss allowed him to take the weekend off …

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  • 27aloud, out loud — Each of these expressions means audibly, in a loud tone. Both are correct, but aloud is considered less colloquial and is also preferable because it is shorter …

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  • 28aloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. audibly; vociferously, loudly, with full voice. See loudness, hearing. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. audibly, out loud, above a whisper, distinctly, intelligibly, plainly, clearly, vociferously,… …

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  • 29aloud — allowed …

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  • 30aloud — a·loud || É™ laÊŠd adv. in a natural speaking voice …

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