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to soliloquize

to soliloquize

1 9.9
To say your thoughts out loud when you are alone or on stage
  • verb
  • /səˈlɪləˌkwaɪz/
  • Literature
translation icon : soliloquiar
  • He leaned back in his chair, stretching the buttons of his plaid shirt, and soliloquized:

Examples

  • As she walked through the empty garden, she began to soliloquize about her dreams and fears.

  • The Evening News' poet soliloquizes as follows:

    Blog text (9)

  • I will now soliloquize.

    Blog text (25)

  • Please don't interrupt me whilst I'm soliloquizing.

    House of the Long Shadows (1983)

  • "In point of fact, she's very kind," the Robber now soliloquized, who would perhaps have been glad to have his robberhood believed in.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • While rehearsing for the play, the actor often soliloquized to express his character’s inner thoughts.

  • In the quiet of his study, he would soliloquize about life's complexities without worrying who would hear him.

Synonyms

to talk to oneself
vsto soliloquize
66 3.7

To speak out loud when alone to help you think

is more of a performative speech sometimes used in theatre
to think out loud
vsto soliloquize
12 4.7

Say ideas aloud as they come to you

is comparable yet emphasizes use as a staged dramatic speech
to think aloud
vsto soliloquize
3 5.5

To say your thoughts out loud as you form them

is similar but is often used as a theatrical device in drama
to monologuize
vsto soliloquize
  • US
9.9

To speak out loud to yourself for a long time

is speaking thoughts aloud without requiring a long or formal monologue
to monologuise
vsto soliloquize
  • UK
9.9

To talk to yourself for a long time like a speech

is about voicing inner thoughts whether or not the speech is long

How Vocal

to declaim
  • Formal
4 8.2
to soliloquize
  • Literature
1 9.9
to murmur
11 4.2
to mutter
140 3.7

Surface Forms

soliloquize infinitive
soliloquized past
soliloquized past participle
soliloquizing present participle
soliloquizes third person singular

Morphology

soliloquize = soliloquy (transparent) = soliloquy + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'soliloquy', so the meaning 'to utter a soliloquy' follows directly.

Etymology

Soliloquize comes from two Latin parts: sol- meaning 'alone' and loqu- meaning 'to speak'. Think of solo for being alone and then speaking your thoughts out loud, so to soliloquize is to say your inner thoughts aloud, often when you are alone or as an actor on stage.