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gather one's thoughts

gather one's thoughts verb: synonym of collect one's thoughts.

Verb

gather one's thoughts (third-person singular simple present gathers one's thoughts, present participle gathering one's thoughts, simple past and past participle gathered one's thoughts)

  1. Synonym of collect one's thoughts.
    • The defender looks like someone who might benefit from some time on the sidelines to gather his thoughts, clear his head and get back to something like the player and personality who had enough impact at Old Trafford after his move from Leicester City to be awarded the captain's armband.2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms of gather one's thoughts

Forms of gather one's thoughts

third-person singular presentgathers one's thoughts
present participlegathering one's thoughts
past participlegathered one's thoughts
pastgathered one's thoughts

Questions about gather one's thoughts

What does gather one's thoughts mean?
Gather one's thoughts means synonym of collect one's thoughts.
What part of speech is gather one's thoughts?
Gather one's thoughts is a verb.
What is the past tense of gather one's thoughts?
The past tense of gather one's thoughts is gathered one's thoughts.

Words near gather one's thoughts in the dictionary

  1. gatha
  2. Gathang
  3. gathas
  4. gather
  5. gather dust
  6. gather one's thoughts
  7. gather one's wits
  8. gather oneself
  9. gather oneself together
  10. gather pace
  11. gather rosebuds

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