aloud, out loud
(adverb) using the voice; not silently; “please read the passage aloud”; “he laughed out loud”
loudly, loud, aloud
(adverb) with relatively high volume; “the band played loudly”; “she spoke loudly and angrily”; “he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him”; “cried aloud for help”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aloud (not comparable)
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
aloud (not comparable)
Spoken out loud.
• doula, doúla
Source: Wiktionary
A*loud", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + loud.]
Definition: With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice. Isa. lviii. 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
