"interthink" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: interthinks [present, singular, third-person], interthinking [participle, present], interthought [participle, past], interthought [past]
Etymology: inter- + think; term apparently coined by Neil Mercer in 1995. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|think}} inter- + think Head templates: {{en-verb|interthinks|interthinking|interthought}} interthink (third-person singular simple present interthinks, present participle interthinking, simple past and past participle interthought)
  1. (intransitive) To use talk to think collectively, to engage with others' ideas through oral language. Wikipedia link: Neil Mercer Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-interthink-en-verb-fRZ1EDsJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with inter-

Inflected forms

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