aloud
aloud /əl'aʊd/
1 [ADV] ADV after v
When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.
When we were children, our father read aloud to us...
`You fool,' he said aloud.
≠ silently
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
1 [ADV] ADV after v
When you say something, read, or laugh aloud, you speak or laugh so that other people can hear you.
When we were children, our father read aloud to us...
`You fool,' he said aloud.
≠ silently
2 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.