PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM

Meaning of PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM in English

/pub"lik euh dres"/

a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors. Also called PA system, P.A. system, p.a. system.

[ 1920-25 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — noun Date: 1923 an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in an auditorium)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷- noun : an apparatus including one or more microphones or other pickup devices, an audio-frequency amplifier, and one or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — loudspeaker system, warning system, system for broadcasting messages over loudspeakers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — Date: 1923 : an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in an auditorium)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — Function: noun Date: 1923 : an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — ■ noun a system of microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers used to amplify speech or music.
Concise Oxford English vocab
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — [public-address system] n (1923): an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting to a large audience in an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — noun ( abbr. PA system ) an electronic system that uses microphones and loudspeakers to make music, voices, etc. louder …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — ˌpublic-adˈdress ˌsystem BrE AmE noun [countable] a ↑ pa
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — ( public address systems) A public address system is a set of electrical equipment which allows someone’s voice, or music, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — (~s) A ~ is a set of electrical equipment which allows someone’s voice, or music, to be heard throughout a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In an even more pointed joke, Werner Heisenberg was repeatedly paged over the public-address system …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — {n.} A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. …
Slang English vocab
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — {n.} A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. …
Словарь английских идиом
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — n. A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — система публичных выступлений
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — связь звукофикация набор звукоусилительной аппаратуры для вступлений (микрофоны, усилители, динамики)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — Аудио
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — набор звукоусилительной аппаратуры для выступлений ( микрофоны, усилители, динамики )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — 1) система оповещения по (радиотрансляционной) сети 2) тлв система звукоусиления
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — 1) система оповещения по (радиотрансляционной) сети 2) тлв система звукоусиления
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — связь звукофикация
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — система местного радиовещания
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — набор звукоусилительной аппаратуры для выступлений ( микрофоны, усилители, динамики )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — набор звукоусилительной аппаратуры для выступлений ( микрофоны, усилители, динамики )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — система публичных выступлений
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — Аудио
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM — связь звукофикация набор звукоусилительной аппаратуры для вступлений (микрофоны, усилители, динамики)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM — система публичных выступлений
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SYSTEM — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Small Computer System Interface ABO blood group system actor manager system American System of …
Английский словарь Британика
PUBLIC — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Public Broadcasting Service Committee of Public Safety public debt National Public Radio New York …
Английский словарь Британика
PUBLIC — I. ˈpəblik, -lēk adjective Etymology: Middle English publique, from Middle French public, publique, from Latin publicus, probably alteration (influenced by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADDRESS — I. əˈdres also aˈd- or ˈaˌd- verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English adressen, from Middle French adrescer, adresser, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYSTEM — ˈsistə̇m noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin systema, from Greek systēma, from synistanai to bring together, combine, from syn- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUBLIC — /pub"lik/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADDRESS — — addresser, addressor , n. n. /euh dres", ad"res/ ; v. /euh dres"/ , n. , v. , addressed or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADDRESS — I. ə-ˈdres, a- also ˈa-ˌdres verb Etymology: Middle English adressen, from Anglo-French adrescer, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUBLIC — noun a public house; an inn. 2. public ·adj open to common or general use; as, a public road; a …
Webster English vocab
ADDRESS — vi to direct speech. 2. address ·vi to prepare one's self. 3. address ·v to prepare or make ready. 4. …
Webster English vocab
PUBLIC — public BrE AmE ˈpʌb lɪk ▶ ˌ public ˈ bar BrE AmE ▶ ˌ public ˈ company BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ADDRESS — I address noun BrE AmE ə ˈdres ˈædr es ▷ address|es ɪz əz — Preference poll, American English: •ˈ• 58%, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYSTEM — / ˈsɪstəm; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] system (of / for sth) an organized set of ideas or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC — / ˈpʌblɪk; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective OF ORDINARY PEOPLE 1. [ only before noun ] connected with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADDRESS — noun , verb ■ noun / əˈdres; NAmE ˈædres/ 1. [ C ] details of where sb lives or works …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYSTEM — sys ‧ tem S1 W1 /ˈsɪstəm, ˈsɪstɪm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ system , ↑ systematization …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUBLIC — I. pub ‧ lic 1 S1 W1 /ˈpʌblɪk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ public , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADDRESS — I. ad ‧ dress 1 S2 W2 /əˈdres $ əˈdres, ˈædres/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a) the details …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUBLIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUBLIC — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUBLIC — adj. & n. --adj. 1. of or concerning the people as a whole (a public holiday; the public interest). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SYSTEM — ( systems) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A system is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUBLIC — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You can refer to people in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADDRESS — ( addresses, addressing, addressed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your address …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYSTEM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a class system/structure (= a social system that has classes ) ▪ He felt he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUBLIC — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a matter of public record formal (= something that has been written down so …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADDRESS — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fashionable resort/area/address etc ▪ He runs a fashionable restaurant near the Harbor. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYSTEM — n. free enterprise system Small Computer System Interface ABO blood group system actor manager system American System of manufacture Apgar …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUBLIC — n. notary public Public Broadcasting Service Committee of Public Safety public debt National Public Radio New York Public Library public …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUBLIC — Synonyms and related words : Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ADDRESS — Synonyms and related words : Parthian shot, abiding place, ability, abode, accost, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adduce, adeptness, adroitness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ADDRESS — I. noun 1 where you live/work ADJECTIVE ▪ home , private ▪ business ▪ contact ▪ Please leave a contact …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUBLIC — INDEX: 1. for everyone to use 2. owned or paid for by the government 3. when a lot of people …
Longman Activator English vocab
PUBLIC — n. 25B6; adjective public affairs : STATE, national, federal, government; constitutional, civic, civil, official, social, municipal, community, communal, local; nationalized. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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