adverb phrase🎓 English idiom
loud and clear
fully audible and perfectly understood
What it means
Loud and clear means a message has been heard and understood without any confusion. It started in radio communication and is now used figuratively when someone has made their point so plainly that there's no room for doubt.
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Examples
- I hear you loud and clear — I'll have the report ready by Friday.
- The voters sent a loud and clear message at the polls.
- Can you hear me loud and clear on the new headset?
- Her warning came through loud and clear: don't be late again.
Where it comes from
From mid-20th-century radio and military communications, where operators confirmed a transmission was both audible ('loud') and free of distortion ('clear').
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