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Synonyms for sound out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sound |
| Phonetic Transcription : saʊnd |
Top 10 synonyms for sound out Other synonyms for the word sound out
- accost
- appeal to
- apply to
- articulate
- ask
- ask about
- bellow
- beseech
- blast
- boom
- bray
- catechize
- check
- check over
- check up
- clamor
- confer
- consult
- converse
- cross-examine
- enquire
- entreat
- enunciate
- eye
- feel around
- feel one out
- feel out
- get for the record
- get opinion
- give a play
- give a tumble
- give oral examination
- give the third degree
- go into
- go over
- greet
- grill
- hit
- hit up
- hold inquiry
- hold out for
- honk
- hoot
- implore
- inquire
- interrogate
- interview
- investigate
- knock
- look into
- look-see
- make advance
- make inquiry
- make overture
- make up to
- peal
- penetrate
- petition
- pick one's brains
- pierce
- plead
- poke
- probe
- prod
- pronounce
- propose
- prospect
- pry
- pump
- put out a feeler
- put through the wringer
- put to the question
- query
- quest
- question
- quiz
- raise question
- resound
- roar
- roast
- say
- scream
- scrutinize
- search
- seek
- shout
- show curiosity
- shriek
- sift
- solicit
- sound
- sound out
- speak to
- state
- study
- supplicate
- sweat it out of
- take aside
- talk
- talk to
- test
- test the waters
- thumb
- toot
- trumpet
- tumble
- verify
- vocalize
- voice
- work over
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for sound out
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