SOLILOQUIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soliloquize mean? 

• SOLILOQUIZE (verb)
  The verb SOLILOQUIZE has 1 sense:

1. talk to oneself

  Familiarity information: SOLILOQUIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLILOQUIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they soliloquize    ... he / she / it soliloquizes   
Past simple: soliloquized   
Past participle: soliloquized   
-ing form: soliloquizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk to oneself

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

monologuise; monologuize; soliloquise; soliloquize

Hypernyms (to "soliloquize" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

soliloquy (a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections)

soliloquy (speech you make to yourself)

 Context examples 

“‘Answers to the name of Buck,’” the man soliloquized, quoting from the saloon-keeper’s letter which had announced the consignment of the crate and contents.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)