"think aloud" meaning in English

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      "form": "thinking aloud",
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    {
      "form": "thought aloud",
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        "past"
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      "form": "thought aloud",
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        "past"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "think aloud protocol"
        },
        {
          "word": "think-aloud protocol"
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      "glosses": [
        "To utter one's thoughts."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To utter one's thoughts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
          "word": "hardop denken"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
          "word": "laut denken"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
          "word": "kōrero rākau"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
          "word": "pensar en voz alta"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "think aloud"
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      "word": "think aloud protocol"
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      "form": "thinks aloud",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "thinking aloud",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "thought aloud",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "thought aloud",
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        "past"
      ]
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        "To utter one's thoughts."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To utter one's thoughts."
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
      "word": "hardop denken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
      "word": "laut denken"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
      "word": "kōrero rākau"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "utter one's thoughts",
      "word": "pensar en voz alta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "think aloud"
}