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public-address system
[puhb-lik-uh-dres]
noun
a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
public-address system
noun
Sometimes shortened to: PA system.Ìýa system of one or more microphones, amplifiers, and loudspeakers for increasing the sound level of speech or music, used in auditoriums, public gatherings, etc
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of public-address system1
Example Sentences
Just as we returned to the press box, the next hitter was announced over the public-address system: “Shohei Ohtani!â€
After completing his warmup pitches with Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade†blaring on the Dodger Stadium public-address system, Buehler went into his windup with the signature high leg-kick and fired his first pitch, a 96-mph fastball, by Miami leadoff hitter Jazz Chisholm Jr. for strike one.
But then a disembodied voice wafted soothingly over the public-address system.
Pop music blared from the public-address system through the entire game, even when pitches were about to be thrown.
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
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