out loud

adverb

Synonyms of out loudnext
: loudly enough to be heard : aloud
reading out loud
also : in an openly communicated way
dreaming out loud [=expressing one's hopes and dreams to others]

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registered their dissatisfaction with the meal out loud to the waiter
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This is excellent for pitching, learning, publishing, or saying the hopeful thing out loud. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 No one will string the words together and actually say it out loud, but as former players and Campbell tap-dance around the uncomfortable question about what’s changed, the message hovering between the lines is not difficult to read. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 If he was viewed as an art-world interloper, Roth has enough influence and goodwill that no one was really going to say that out loud. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026 When people stepped into the booth and spoke to an AI agent about their fears around AI, the social norms that typically govern what gets said out loud seemed to loosen. — Nohar Zmora, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for out loud

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of out loud was in 1821

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out loud

adverb
: loudly enough to be heard : aloud

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