out loud
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1.0
- idiom
- /aʊt laʊd/
:
en voz alta
- Read the speech out loud in front of the mirror or in front of another person.
- read out loud
- say out loud
- laugh out loud
And she said out loud, we all knew, right?
- And she said out loud, we all knew, right?
- Just at least, you know, out loud or, or in my head.
- I just looked down and said out loud, that's not Susan.
- Do you want to read all the texts out loud, even that one?
- This I was actually laughing out loud which takes so much more.
- I literally said out loud, I don't belong here.
- The rest wondered out loud where Doctor Mama Day was.
- And finally, the only words she can say out loud is thank you.
- It's really crazy to say that out loud, like that's so nuts.
- He's thinking out loud how to prepare the painting.
Examples
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I've never spoken about it out loud to anyone.
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My history teacher asked me to read out loud, so I had to read.
Academic text (2004) -
It's fine that you said it out loud here.
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So when I read them out loud to him, he loved it.
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Did I say that out loud?
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How do you think students feel when they read out loud to their teachers?
Academic text (2015) -
Do you want to read all the texts out loud, even that one?
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The rest wondered out loud where Doctor Mama Day was.
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I mean, I've always thought I was the best person you knew, but it was nice to hear it out loud.
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When she read the poem out loud, everyone listened in silence.
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'spoken so others can hear' is directly and compositionally derived from 'out' (externally/not internal) + 'loud' (audibly/noisily), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This is a common, cross-linguistic way to mark audible expression and follows regular English adverbial composition, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase out loud comes from the simple picture of a thought going out of your head and being loud with sound. So when you say something out loud you use your voice so others can hear, not say it 'silently' in your head.