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aloud

əˈlaʊd
WordNet
A man reading aloud, a woman with a handicraft, a girl and a maid. Verso: a man standing and woman knitting.
A man reading aloud, a woman with a handicraft, a girl and a maid. Verso: a man standing and woman knitting.
  1. (adv) aloud
    using the voice; not silently "please read the passage aloud","he laughed out loud"
  2. (adv) aloud
    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"
Illustrations
Theater performance in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht with the backdrop decor De Aloude Hofgallerij with scene from: The Marriage of Orondates and Statira. The set was printed from a separate plate within a passe-partout with the hall, side logs, orchestra pit and the facade of the stage with columns, garlands and chandeliers. The title and a four-line verse are also printed from a separate plate. Part of a series of 12 stage sets.
Theater performance in the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht with the backdrop decor De Aloude Hofgallerij with scene from: The Marriage of Orondates and Statira. The set was printed from a separate plate within a passe-partout with the hall, side logs, orchestra pit and the facade of the stage with columns, garlands and chandeliers. The title and a four-line verse are also printed from a separate plate. Part of a series of 12 stage sets.
Design for title page for: Aloude Staat der United Netherlands. Playing putti at a ruin and dancing around the freedom hat on a stick.
Design for title page for: Aloude Staat der United Netherlands. Playing putti at a ruin and dancing around the freedom hat on a stick.
King Numa kneels in front of the sacred well of the nymph Egeria and asks aloud if he can drink the water. With a French caption.
King Numa kneels in front of the sacred well of the nymph Egeria and asks aloud if he can drink the water. With a French caption.
The backstage set De Aloude Hofgallerij with scene from: The Marriage of Orondates and Statira. Only the decor printed from a separate plate, without the passe-partout. Part of a series of 12 stage sets for the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht.
The backstage set De Aloude Hofgallerij with scene from: The Marriage of Orondates and Statira. Only the decor printed from a separate plate, without the passe-partout. Part of a series of 12 stage sets for the Amsterdamse Schouwburg on the Keizersgracht.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Aloud
    With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. "Cry aloud , spare not, lift up thy voice."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. aloud
    With a loud voice or great noise; loudly.
  2. aloud
    Audibly; with the natural tone of the voice as distinguished from whispering: as, he has a severe cold and can hardly speak aloud.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adv) Aloud
    a-lowd′ with a loud voice: loudly.
Quotations
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
E.S. Barrett
Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.
Thomas Bowdler
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
Carol Shields
Yitzhak Navon
It's not that I don't have opinions, rather that I'm paid not to think aloud.
Yitzhak Navon
William Ernest Henley
In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.
William Ernest Henley
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Pref. a-, + loud,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Prep. a (—A.S. on), and hlúd, noise; Ger. laut.

Usage in the news

Children's Books: Read-aloud fun for parents and little tots at bedtime . newsobserver.com

Poignant, tender, lovely like the Velveteen Rabbit and a great read aloud. blog.schoollibraryjournal.com

0 Jonathan Franzen, author of "Freedom" the LA Public Library Aloud series at the Aratani/Japan America Theater. latimes.com

He's getting lots of feed, attention, rest, and lots of ME, I've even been reading aloud to him, 50 Shades of Grey, but he still seems a little down. k99.com

Verdict in Rob Hall murder trial read aloud in court. ktvb.com

These sessions provide a comfortable environment for children learning to read to practice reading aloud. eveningsun.com

Stephen Gasser, the winner of Minot High School's first ever Poetry Out Loud contest, didn't want to pick something light or fluffy when he was selecting a poem to recite aloud. minotdailynews.com

Koshik, an elephant at the Everland Zoo in South Korea, can speak Korean aloud. msnbc.msn.com

And let it be said, on this second day following the convening of the 112th Congress, newly sworn members of the House shall stand and read aloud the Constitution of the United States. koaa.com

The wind was blowing while outdated bylaws were read aloud like the scraping of finger nails across a chalk board. observertoday.com

A read-aloud gem, this uproarious picture book contains an absurdly appropriate plot. publishersweekly.com

After racing through all of the books with still a few days lingering between my weekly trysts, I would start reciting the books aloud, memorizing passages and acting out the various characters. jewishjournal.com

Before we start reading aloud, I choose a word the children will come across in the story they are going to read. nea.org

Local columnist T.J. Ray offers readers a piece of valuable email he received recently – a prayer – and urges readers to read it slowly and aloud. oxfordeagle.com

THABO MBEKI, the president of South Africa, stood up this month before a cheering crowd and dreamed aloud about a new, rising Africa. nytimes.com

Usage in scientific papers

By using mouse movements in usability testing, researchers can determine if users’ expectations are met. This tool can be especially beneficial in conjunction with other techniques used in usability testing, such as think aloud procedures, as this information can lead to a better mouse movement model.
Eye-GUIDE (Eye-Gaze User Interface Design) Messaging for Physically-Impaired People

Unfortunately, Aristotle was far so in fluential that his erroneous geocentric view of the Universe was not questioned aloud until the XVIth century.
Geometrical constraints on dark energy models

A methodology that belongs to usability testing that can be listed under this category is the “thinking aloud protocol” .
A Refined Experience Sampling Method to Capture Mobile User Experience

They were asked to develop their programs in a same way as they do in an usual professional situation.. The subjects were asked to "think aloud" (or verbalize) while performing the task.
Reasoning from a schema and from an analog in software code reuse

Next, the RCI was taken by three second-year students in think aloud format: students were asked to verbalise their thinking while answering the RCI questions.
The Relativity Concept Inventory: development, analysis and results

Usage in literature

He was praying aloud, a struggling, disjointed prayer. "In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Anyway it was an honor to have it read aloud. "Beatrice Leigh at College" by Julia Augusta Schwartz

Then he asked aloud what the nun's name had been. "A Son of Hagar" by Sir Hall Caine

It was hard work for the waiting girls not to laugh aloud as naughty Madge came slowly back to them. "Madge Morton's Victory" by Amy D.V. Chalmers

With a final effort I declared half-aloud that she was not worth a serious man's devotion. "A Virginia Scout" by Hugh Pendexter

She was praying the Lord's prayer aloud. "What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen

A storm approaches without, calling aloud for human lives. "Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen

Eudena, knowing her fleetness and the fleetness of Ugh-lomi, laughed aloud at the unequal chase. "Tales of Space and Time" by Herbert George Wells

In the evening we read aloud to one another, while the rest sewed or drew. "Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak" by Harriette McDougall

From my place of ambush I could hear him pant aloud as he struck the blows. "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Usage in poetry
"I liked the people,
The sweat and crowd of them,
Trusted them always
And spoke aloud or them.
I cried aloud, and I awoke,
New labours in my head.
I set my teeth, and manfully
Began to lie in bed.
And "Ho!" they vaunted aloud
To the morning hills.
And "Ha!"--What reck the proud
For the God of Ills?
I laughed aloud to feel it
And royally did cheer:
I strode amid my tremblings
And did not fear to fear.
Shall Wisdom cry aloud,
And not her speech be heard?
The voice of God's eternal Word,
Deserves it no regard?
Who would mourn aloud for sons
Gorgeous in our firmament,
Starry constellations
In the way their fathers went?