public address
Loudspeaker announcement system
Public address refers to a system of microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers used to broadcast announcements or music to a large area: The principal's voice crackled over the public address system.
Often abbreviated PA.
The term also describes the act of speaking formally to an audience: Lincoln's public addresses shaped American rhetoric.
Sound amplification device
- microphoneAudio input device
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- speakerOne who talks
- PATwo-letter state code
intercom · bullhorn · megaphone · sound system · audio · volume · feedback · acoustics
Formal public speech
- keynoteCentral theme or speech
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- lecternTilted stand for texts
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
rhetoric · eloquence · proclamation · declaration · announcement · ceremony · rally · gathering
Sending of information
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- emergency alertUrgent mass warning notification
civil defense · siren · warning · evacuation · notification · bulletin · newsflash · advisory
loudspeaker
Sound amplification device
- microphoneAudio input device
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- speakerOne who talks
PA · intercom · bullhorn · megaphone · sound system · audio · volume · feedback · acoustics · paging
oration
Formal public speech
audience · rhetoric · eloquence · proclamation · declaration · announcement · ceremony · rally · gathering · dignitaries
transmission
Sending of information
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
emergency alert · civil defense · siren · warning · evacuation · notification · bulletin · newsflash · advisory · mass communication
- communicationsannouncement, telephone, phone, key messages, briefing
- ways to communicatechat, announcement, gossip, broadcast, small talk
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, statement
- Announcerssports announcer, news anchor, emcee, PA announcer, radio host
- ralliescrowd, crowds, speakers, speeches, podium
- speechesspeech, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy, monologue
public addresswhisper
Speech without full voice
confidential communication · personal correspondence · secret meeting · tête-à-tête · aside
public addresscasual chat
small talk · banter · gossip · fireside chat · water cooler talk
public addressdialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
conversation · discussion · back-and-forth · interview · Q&A session
address, public, publish, publication, publishing, published, publicize, publisher, publicly