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verb | noun rambleramble1 /ˈræmbəl/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYramble1Origin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from roam VERB TABLEramble |
| Present | I, you, we, they | ramble | | he, she, it | rambles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rambled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rambled | | he, she, it | has rambled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rambled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ramble | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rambled |
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| Present | I | am rambling | | he, she, it | is rambling | | you, we, they | are rambling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was rambling | | you, we, they | were rambling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rambling | | he, she, it | has been rambling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rambling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rambling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rambling |
THESAURUSconversation► talk to say things to someone, especially in a conversation: I could hear people talking in the next room. Once Lou gets talking, you know you’re going to be there a while (=starts having a conversation). ► speak (to/with somebody) to talk to someone about something, especially for a particular reason: Can I speak to you in the other room? ► discuss to talk seriously about ideas or plans: We’ll discuss the matter at the meeting. ► have a conversation (with somebody) to talk informally to another person or people in order to ask questions, exchange ideas, etc.: I had a brief conversation with him last week. ► converse formal to have a conversation with someone: Students like her because she can converse with them in their own language. ► chat (with/to somebody) (also have a chat) informal to talk to someone in a friendly way about things that are not very important: We had a nice chat about what our kids are up to. ► visit (with somebody) informal to have a conversation with someone, especially about your personal lives: The aunts and uncles were visiting in the living room. ► gossip to talk about other people’s private lives when they are not there: People have started to gossip about his wife. ► whisper to talk quietly, usually because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying: He turned to his mother and whispered something in her ear. ► go on to talk too much or for too long about something: She went on and on about how good she was at basketball. ► ramble (on) to talk for a long time in a way that does not seem organized, and that other people think is boring: He rambled on for an hour about fishing. ► chatter/prattle to talk a lot without stopping about things that are not important: She chattered happily about the party until she noticed I wasn’t listening. 1to talk for a long time in a way that does not seem to be clearly organized, with the result that other people find it hard to understand you: She’s getting old and she tends to ramble a little.► see thesaurus at talk12[always + adv./prep.] to go on a walk for pleasure, especially without a particular plan3if a plant rambles, it grows in all directionsramble on phrasal verb to talk or write for a long time in a way that other people find boring: ramble on about somebody/something My father was rambling on about his job. verb | noun rambleramble2 noun [countable] 1a long walk for pleasure2a speech or piece of writing that is very long and does not seem to be clearly organized |