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hear oneself think

hear oneself think verb: to engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.

Verb

hear oneself think (third-person singular simple present hears oneself think, present participle hearing oneself think, simple past and past participle heard oneself think)

  1. To engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.
    • Please turn down that music. I can hardly hear myself think.

Forms of hear oneself think

third-person singular presenthears oneself think
present participlehearing oneself think
past participleheard oneself think
pastheard oneself think

Questions about hear oneself think

What does hear oneself think mean?
Hear oneself think means to engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.
What part of speech is hear oneself think?
Hear oneself think is a verb.
What is the past tense of hear oneself think?
The past tense of hear oneself think is heard oneself think.

Words near hear oneself think in the dictionary

  1. hear from
  2. hear me out
  3. hear me outs
  4. hear of
  5. hear on the grapevine
  6. hear oneself think
  7. hear out
  8. hear tell
  9. hear the end of it
  10. hear the grass grow
  11. hear the last of

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