out loud

adverb

: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

Examples of out loud in a Sentence

registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter
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Grinberg was ousted from the courtroom yesterday after making a comment out loud. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025 It’s used to translate text, look up details of businesses, recognize plants and animals and read text out loud. Andrew Williams, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 And the crowd went wild – yup, dancing in the aisles and singin’ out loud, clapping and cheering, even high-fiving the singers. Anita Gosch, Orange County Register, 9 Mar. 2025 Over the course of the next eight hours, Gatz’s Nick reads the whole of Great Gatsby out loud, as his office brings the story to life around him. Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for out loud

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of out loud was in 1821

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“Out loud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20loud. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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out loud

adverb
: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

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