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talk to oneself

talk to oneself verb: to say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else.

Verb

talk to oneself (third-person singular simple present talks to oneself, present participle talking to oneself, simple past and past participle talked to oneself)

  1. (idiomatic) To say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else.
    • He has a really bad habit of talking to himself in public.

Forms of talk to oneself

third-person singular presenttalks to oneself
present participletalking to oneself
past participletalked to oneself
pasttalked to oneself

Questions about talk to oneself

What does talk to oneself mean?
Talk to oneself means to say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else.
What part of speech is talk to oneself?
Talk to oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk to oneself?
The past tense of talk to oneself is talked to oneself.

Words near talk to oneself in the dictionary

  1. talk times
  2. talk to
  3. talk to a brick wall
  4. talk to God
  5. talk to God on the big white telephone
  6. talk to oneself
  7. talk to Ralph on the big white telephone
  8. talk to the fist
  9. talk to the hand
  10. talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
  11. talk trash

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