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Meaning of sound in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /saʊnd/

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  1. 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. 2. make a certain noise or sound

    Examples

    • « She went 'Mmmmm' »
    • « The gun went 'bang' »
  3. 3. give off a certain sound or sounds

    Examples

    • « This record sounds scratchy »
  4. 4. announce by means of a sound

    Examples

    • « sound the alarm »
  5. 5. utter with vibrating vocal chords

    Antonyms

    • devoice
  6. 6. cause to sound

    Examples

    • « sound the bell »
    • « sound a certain note »
  7. 7. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
  8. 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
  9. 2. in excellent physical condition

    Examples

    • « good teeth »
    • « I still have one good leg »
    • « a sound mind in a sound body »

    Synonyms

    • healthy
  10. 3. reflects weight of sound argument or evidence

    Examples

    • « a sound argument »

    Synonyms

    • valid
  11. 4. having legal efficacy or force

    Examples

    • « a sound title to the property »

    Synonyms

    • valid
  12. 5. free from moral defect

    Examples

    • « a man of sound character »

    Synonyms

    • righteous
  13. 6. (of sleep) deep and complete

    Examples

    • « a heavy sleep »
    • « fell into a profound sleep »
    • « a sound sleeper »
    • « deep wakeless sleep »

    Synonyms

    • deep
  14. 7. thorough

    Examples

    • « a sound thrashing »

    Synonyms

    • complete
  15. Adverb

    sound

    Definitions

    1. deeply or completely

    Examples

    • « slept soundly through the storm »
    • « is sound asleep »
  16. 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
  17. 2. the subjective sensation of hearing something

    Examples

    • « he strained to hear the faint sounds »
  18. 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 »
  19. 4. the sudden occurrence of an audible event

    Examples

    • « the sound awakened them »
  20. 5. the audible part of a transmitted signal

    Examples

    • « they always raise the audio for commercials »
  21. 6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  22. 7. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  23. 8. a large ocean inlet or deep bay

    Examples

    • « the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast »
  24. 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
  25. 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

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