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Meaning of sound in English
Pronunciation
/saʊnd/
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Verb
sound
Etymology
late Middle English: from Old French sonder, based on Latin sub-‘below’ + unda‘wave’
Definitions
1.
appear in a certain way
Examples
« This sounds interesting »
2.
make a certain noise or sound
Examples
« She went 'Mmmmm' »
« The gun went 'bang' »
3.
give off a certain sound or sounds
Examples
« This record sounds scratchy »
4.
announce by means of a sound
Examples
« sound the alarm »
5.
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Antonyms
devoice
6.
cause to sound
Examples
« sound the bell »
« sound a certain note »
7.
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Classifying Adjective
sound
Definitions
1.
exercising or showing good judgment
Examples
« healthy scepticism »
« a healthy fear of rattlesnakes »
« the healthy attitude of French laws »
« healthy relations between labor and management »
« an intelligent solution »
« a sound approach to the problem »
« sound advi »
Synonyms
reasonable
sensible
2.
in excellent physical condition
Examples
« good teeth »
« I still have one good leg »
« a sound mind in a sound body »
Synonyms
healthy
3.
reflects weight of sound argument or evidence
Examples
« a sound argument »
Synonyms
valid
4.
having legal efficacy or force
Examples
« a sound title to the property »
Synonyms
valid
5.
free from moral defect
Examples
« a man of sound character »
Synonyms
righteous
6.
(of sleep) deep and complete
Examples
« a heavy sleep »
« fell into a profound sleep »
« a sound sleeper »
« deep wakeless sleep »
Synonyms
deep
7.
thorough
Examples
« a sound thrashing »
Synonyms
complete
Adverb
sound
Definitions
1.
deeply or completely
Examples
« slept soundly through the storm »
« is sound asleep »
Noun
sound
Etymology
Middle English soun, from Anglo-Norman French soun (noun), suner (verb), from Latin sonus. The form with -d was established in the 16th century
Definitions
1.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
Examples
« the sound of rain on the roof »
« the beautiful sound of music »
Antonyms
silence
quiet
2.
the subjective sensation of hearing something
Examples
« he strained to hear the faint sounds »
3.
mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
Examples
« falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them »
4.
the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Examples
« the sound awakened them »
5.
the audible part of a transmitted signal
Examples
« they always raise the audio for commercials »
6.
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
7.
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
8.
a large ocean inlet or deep bay
Examples
« the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast »
Qualitative Adjective
sound
Etymology
Middle English: from Old Englishgesund, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gezond and German gesund
Definitions
1.
financially secure and safe
Examples
« sound investments »
« a sound economy »
Synonyms
dependable
good
safe
secure
healthy
stable
Antonyms
unsound
2.
in good condition
Examples
« free from defect or damage or decay »
« a sound timber »
« the wall is sound »
« a sound foundation »
Synonyms
solid
strong
substantial
Antonyms
unsound