aloud
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- adverb
- /əˈlaʊd/
- We're going to read them aloud to the class right up here.
- read aloud
- think aloud
- say aloud
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Watch on YouTubeHow the person reads aloud is a critical measure of fluency.
- How the person reads aloud is a critical measure of fluency.
- I didn't read the note aloud to participants on the call.
- Now we're in the hornet's nest and GED cries aloud to them, a sort of greeting.
- What happened was we used to read aloud and it was a rare skill.
- He read it aloud and the crowd started chanting Lock her up.
- Reading it, scribbling in its margins, speaking its poems aloud, or leaving it quietly on the shelf.
- And, you know, each person would read aloud a paragraph and then we would discuss it.
- The prison rules were read aloud by the head order before photographs were used.
- And when you get to that glyph that is the face of an oxen, it makes you say aloud the sound moo.
- And so they had dozens or hundreds of people who would be trained to talk aloud while they're solving little puzzles like that.
Examples
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It's so funny when we read it aloud to our children.
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The question was read aloud to the child, who clicked on "yes" or "no" to answer.
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I have to be able to read them aloud now.
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I first need to read my story aloud so I can hear what I have written.
Academic text (1992) -
So I just get my older child to read aloud to my younger child.
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Read it aloud, Senator, so we can hear how it sounds.
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The international students read the survey questions aloud to the researcher to identify any mistakes in translation.
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When a great story is read aloud, listeners discover that vocabulary is easier to understand.
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Exploring the text involves reading aloud and engaging students in lively discussion before, during, and after reading.
Academic text (2013) -
It's so funny when we read it aloud to our children.
Synonyms
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To speak so other people can hear
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To speak so others can hear your opinion
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3.3
To say something rather than write it
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3.7
In a way that can be heard
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aloud comes from an old a- meaning 'in' and the word loud meaning 'with sound'. So it originally meant 'in a loud voice', which is why it means to speak so others can hear.