"think out loud" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: thinks out loud [present, singular, third-person], thinking out loud [participle, present], thought out loud [participle, past], thought out loud [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|think<,,thought> out loud}} think out loud (third-person singular simple present thinks out loud, present participle thinking out loud, simple past and past participle thought out loud)
  1. To utter what one is thinking. Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (to utter what one is thinking): ajatella ääneen (Finnish), penser à voix haute (French), hangosan gondolkodik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-think_out_loud-en-verb-ZyEmf-sx Disambiguation of Thinking: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'to utter what one is thinking': 95 5
  2. (idiomatic) To voice one's ideas; to brainstorm. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to voice one's ideas): ajatella ääneen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-think_out_loud-en-verb-kXxsTpXm Disambiguation of Talking: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English oxymorons, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of "to voice one's ideas": 5 95

Inflected forms

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