"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: 18 82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of "to voice one's ideas": 5 95

Inflected forms

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