: a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

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When all-aboard time is approaching, the bridge, where the captain sits, starts broadcasting on the loudspeakers, like those of a school principal’s office, the names of passengers who haven’t yet swiped their key cards onto the ship yet. Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024 To lend the appearance of vitality, junk cars driven by mannequins populated the parking lot to the backdrop of warbling holiday tapes played on low-fidelity loudspeakers. Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024 Tight security surrounded the funeral, with armed guards and eulogies were broadcast via loudspeakers. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024 The trains are also equipped with an advanced passenger information system delivering real time information to the passengers through screens and loudspeakers on board the train and on the station platforms. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for loudspeaker 

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of loudspeaker was in 1920

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“Loudspeaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loudspeaker. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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loudspeaker

noun
: a device that changes electrical signals into sound

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