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say to oneself

say to oneself verb: to say (a statement) aloud without any audience; to say while talking to oneself.

Verb

say to oneself (third-person singular simple present says to oneself, present participle saying to oneself, simple past and past participle said to oneself)

  1. (transitive) To say (a statement) aloud without any audience; to say while talking to oneself.
  2. (transitive) To think (a statement); to reflect (that).
    • "The Northern Heights at last," you say to yourself, hastily closing the carriage window because the Yorkshire coal used by the Eastern Region and its predecessors makes their tunnels more sulphurous than any we know.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704

Forms of say to oneself

third-person singular presentsays to oneself
present participlesaying to oneself
past participlesaid to oneself
pastsaid to oneself

Questions about say to oneself

What does say to oneself mean?
Say to oneself means to say (a statement) aloud without any audience; to say while talking to oneself.
What part of speech is say to oneself?
Say to oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of say to oneself?
The past tense of say to oneself is said to oneself.

Words near say to oneself in the dictionary

  1. say that
  2. say that again
  3. say the quiet part loud
  4. say the quiet part out loud
  5. say the word
  6. say to oneself
  7. say uncle
  8. say wha
  9. say what
  10. say what you like
  11. say what you want

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