a ‧ loud /əˈlaʊd/ BrE AmE 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.