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aloud
aloud /əˈlaʊd/ adverb
 Word Family: adverb: aloud, loud, loudly; noun: loudness; adjective: loud
if you read, laugh, say something etc aloud, you read etc so that people can hear you
   SYN  out loud
    read/say something aloud
    Joanne, would you read the poem aloud?
    laugh/groan/cry etc aloud
    The pain made him cry aloud.
    She could have laughed aloud.
    think aloud (=say the things you are thinking)
    ‘What did you say?’ ‘ Sorry, I was just thinking aloud.’
   Do not use aloud to mean ‘in a loud voice’. Use loudly: You need to speak quite loudly for the people at the back.