A sound is heard loudly and clearly, or a bell/shot/voice projects outward into the surrounding space.
A loud sound goes out into the air so everyone can hear it.
2 meanings, ordered from most common to least. Color-coded by CEFR level.
(Of a sound) to be heard loudly and clearly, especially in an open or silent space.
"A single gunshot rang out across the valley, startling the birds."
Then rang out 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
— Walt Whitman, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd", 1865
To proclaim or announce something loudly and clearly.
"The town crier rang out the news of the king's arrival."
A ring goes out — a ringing sound moves outward.
A loud sound goes out into the air so everyone can hear it.
Almost always used with sounds: bells, shots, cries, laughter, cheers. The subject is the sound itself. Common in literary and journalistic writing.
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