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Antonyms for sound out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sound
Phonetic Transcription : saʊnd



Definition of sound out

Origin :
  • "noise, what is heard, sensation produced through the ear," late 13c., soun, from Old French son "sound, musical note, voice," from Latin sonus "sound, a noise," from PIE *swon-o-, from root *swen- "to sound" (cf. Sanskrit svanati "it sounds," svanah "sound, tone;" Latin sonare "to sound;" Old Irish senim "the playing of an instrument;" Old English geswin "music, song," swinsian "to sing;" Old Norse svanr, Old English swan "swan," properly "the sounding bird").
  • The terminal -d was established c.1350-1550 as part of a tendency to add -d- after -n-. First record of sound barrier is from 1939. Sound check is from 1977; sound effects is 1909, originally live accompaniments to silent films.
  • The experts of Victor ... will ... arrange for the synchronized orchestration and sound effects for this picture, in which airplane battles will have an important part. ["Exhibitor's Herald & Moving Picture World," April 28, 1928]
  • As in approach : verb make request, suggestion
  • As in interview : verb ask questions and evaluate
  • As in probe : verb explore, investigate
  • As in question : verb ask for answer
  • As in blare : verb make loud noise
  • As in enounce : verb state clearly
Example sentences :
  • I fastened the door, with robes against it to keep the sound out.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut
  • Since midnight not a sound out of her, not a wail, 95 not a sob.
  • Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
  • Pushing a chair before him he followed the sound out to the dining-room.
  • Extract from : « The Rest Hollow Mystery » by Rebecca N. Porter
  • Not a sound out of any of them was Big Mary's satisfactory report.
  • Extract from : « Saturday's Child » by Kathleen Norris
  • It was as though they were listening for a word to sound out of the darkness.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • There was not a sound out of the night, nothing stirring but the Spirit of the North.
  • Extract from : « Romany of the Snows » by Gilbert Parker
  • Not another word or sound out of you now until the jobs done.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • When I wish to sound out a man, I ask him if he has ever been hungry.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
  • Another peal of bells had begun to sound out at some distance off.
  • Extract from : « Jude the Obscure » by Thomas Hardy
  • The sound of sk replaces either the sh, or the sound out of which it has been evolved.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham

Synonyms for sound out

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