loudspeaker

American  

[laud-spee-ker] / ˈlaʊdˌspi kər /

noun

• loudspeakers
  plural

1. any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.

2. Audio.

   1. a device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.

   2. speaker.

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loudspeaker British  

/ ˌlaʊdˈspiːkə /

noun

1. Also called: reproducer. Sometimes shortened to: speaker. a device for converting audio-frequency signals into the equivalent sound waves by means of a vibrating conical diaphragm

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• loudspeakers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of loudspeaker

First recorded in 1880–85; loud + speaker

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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Crowds arrived several hours before the funeral began to light candles outside the church, accompanied by a choir on a loudspeaker in the sunshine.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

One video showed a drone nosediving toward one of the warehouses as air-raid sirens rang out and a loudspeaker announcement instructed employees to seek shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

“You on the rooftop, go back to your residence,” a voice on the loudspeaker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Before his speech, he had Trump on the phone on loudspeaker, who said "I love that Viktor".

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

“You have until the count of three to disperse,” the officer on the loudspeaker says.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Last year the South's defence ministry removed loudspeakers from its side of the border as "a practical measure aimed at helping ease tensions with the North".

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

He heard it while sitting around home plate at Cal listening to a motivational talk that longtime Cal coach Bob Milano made the team hear over the stadium’s loudspeakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Police in riot gear entered Jantar Mantar and announced over loudspeakers that protesters no longer had permission to remain.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Finally the loudspeakers crackled back to life with the official results.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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