loudspeaker
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈlaʊdˌspiːkər/
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- Loud, ear-piercing sounds of music came from the cafes' loudspeakers and filled the streets.
- announce over the loudspeaker
- announcement on the loudspeaker
- play over loudspeakers
We connected the electrodes to a loudspeaker and projected moving lines in before the cat's eyes.
- We connected the electrodes to a loudspeaker and projected moving lines in before the cat's eyes.
- Also, they're playing some kind of like South Korean K pop music and messages of capitalism and love is what we've been told from the South Korean side over this loudspeaker.
- He made this bitch on the Walmart loudspeaker.
- The executioner comes out, they have a cop car there that reads over the loudspeaker in the car would read the decree what whatever this guy did.
Examples
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And over the loudspeaker they said that what private high school in our area that I'd never heard of was giving scholarship tests that weekend.
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Brother Bembry, can we fix it so our loudspeaker is heard on the street?
Fiction book (1992) -
And if I was to put this on loudspeaker, so hello, hello, hello, hello.
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It's coming from a loudspeaker.
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What do you do to get the voices to come out on the loudspeaker?
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She comes over the loudspeaker, no, and she just says good news for all of you who are still sitting in here.
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Then she heard a voice over the concourse loudspeaker, telling her to pick up a white courtesy phone.
Fiction book (1996) -
Employees heard weekly inspirational speeches known as "Kratt's preachins" over the loudspeaker system he had installed.
Academic text (2009) -
And ten stories below him, a procession of trucks rolls down the street, loudspeakers blaring.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the graduation ceremony, the principal spoke through the loudspeaker to address the audience.
Synonyms
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1.5
A device like a loudspeaker that plays sound
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2.7
A set of machines that make music or speech louder for a room
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3.6
A set of speakers and parts that makes sound louder so people hear it far away
A device that turns electric signals into loud sound you can hear from far away
Compounds
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3.6
A set of speakers and parts that makes sound louder so people hear it far away
- Specialized
A speaker that makes sound when a small coil moves a cone inside a magnet
- Specialized
A speaker that uses a small coil and magnet to move a cone and make sound
How Loud
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1
3.6
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175
1.5
12
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word loudspeaker is a simple compound: loud means 'strong sound' and speaker is like someone who 'speaks', so a loudspeaker is something that 'speaks' loudly. That's why it is a device that makes voices or music much louder.