Loud Laʊd Laughed Play Music Speak Joke I

• do you have to play that music so loud?
• you'll have to speak louder—i can't hear you.
• she screamed loud enough to wake the dead.
• the audience laughed loudly at the joke.

loud

1. in a way that makes a lot of noise or can be easily heard
• synonym loudly
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/loudly
• Do you have to play that music so loud?
• You'll have to speak louder—I can't hear you.
• She screamed loud enough to wake the dead.
• The audience laughed loudly at the joke.
• Don’t play your music too loud.
• I shouted as loud as I could.
• Can you speak louder?
• Can you read the letter out loud?
• He laughed out loud at his own joke.
2. what a person actually does means more than what they say they will do
3. used to show you are angry or surprised
• For crying out loud! Why did you have to do that?
4. in a way that is very easy to understand
• The message is coming through loud and clear.
5. in a voice that can be heard by other people
• compare aloud
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/aloud
• I laughed out loud.
• Please read the letter out loud.
6. to say what your thoughts are as you have them

Word Origin

• Old English hlūd, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch luid, German laut, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘hear’, shared by Greek kluein ‘hear’, klutos ‘famous’ and Latin cluere ‘be famous’.