loudspeaker

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UK /laʊdˈspiːkə/ US /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

LOUDSPEAKER + VERB

broadcast sth

The loudspeakers broadcast an emergency announcement across the train station this morning.

LOUDSPEAKER + NOUN

announcement | system

PREP

from a/the ~

The announcement came from a loudspeaker at the train station.

over a/the ~

The principal announced the school closing over the loudspeaker this morning.

through a/the ~

The coach gave instructions to the team through the loudspeaker during the match.

Definitions

noun

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.

Beijing itself signified the transformation. When I visited in 1979 it was a grim city where every pedestrian dressed in a drab gray Mao jacket and every street corner had a loudspeaker repeating the sayings of Mao. The city was desolate and joyless.

Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.

An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

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Synonyms

noun — electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals

speaker

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Example Bank

Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.

Wiktionary

Beijing itself signified the transformation. When I visited in 1979 it was a grim city where every pedestrian dressed in a drab gray Mao jacket and every street corner had a loudspeaker repeating the

Wiktionary

The voice on the loudspeaker was too muffled to understand.

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The police used a drone with a loudspeaker to disperse the crowd.

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Yanni called his wife in front of everyone on loudspeaker.

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The loudspeaker isn't working.

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