soundnoun
uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/sound noun (NOISE)
A2 [ C or U ] something that you can hear or that can be heard:
[ U ] the activity of recording and broadcasting sound such as from a performance of music or for a film:
[ U ] the volume or quality of the sound of a television or film:
[ C ] the particular quality of the music that a musician or a group of musicians produce:
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- Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
- The strange sound made his blood curdle.
- The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out.
- The sound of his footsteps gradually died away.
- She could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.
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Sound & its properties
- acoustic
- anti-noise
- audio
- decibel
- echo
- HD
- high def
- high definition
- high def
- loud
- mono
- noise
- quadraphonic
- resonant
- silken
- sound wave
- soundproof
- thunder
- trill
- ultrasonic
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sound noun (SEEM)
how something seems to be, from what is said or written:
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- frame
- get sth across
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
- unfold
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sound noun (WATER PASSAGE)
[ C ] a passage of sea connecting two larger areas of sea, or an area of sea mostly surrounded by land:
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Bays & gulfs
- arm
- basin
- bay
- channel
- cove
- gulf
- inlet
- lagoon
- narrows
- sea coast
- strait
- the Persian Gulf
soundverb
uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/sound verb (SEEM)
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- Without wishing to sound conceited, I am the best salesperson in the company.
- They don't sound confident about the future of the industry.
- The depth of his voice makes him sound older than he is.
- Their ideas sound fine in principle but they haven't worked out the economics behind the policies.
- His excuse sounded a bit contrived.
A2 to seem good, interesting, strange, etc. from what is said or written:
B1 to seem like something, from what is said or written:
B2 to seem angry, happy, rude, etc. when you speak:
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Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- appear
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come across
- come over
- face
- ostensible
- outward
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- putative
- so-called
- superficial
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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sound verb (NOISE)
[ I or T ] to make a noise:
to cause a noise to be made or say or shout a message to warn people about something:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- jangling
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- swish
- thud
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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sound verb (WATER DEPTH)
[ T ] to measure the depth of a mass of water, such as the sea, usually by sonar
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- buoy
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- pilot
- quadrant
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- the doldrums
- wreck
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Phrasal verb(s)
soundadjective
uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/sound adjective (GOOD CONDITION)
not broken or damaged; healthy; in good condition:
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Undamaged, unbroken or in good condition
- (all) in one piece idiom
- ain't
- be (as) good as new idiom
- be as sound as a bell idiom
- be none the worse idiom
- good
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it idiom
- piece
- repair
- resistant
- safe
- soundness
- unbroken
- unharmed
- unscathed
- untouched
- vgc
- walk
- walk away
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sound adjective (GOOD JUDGMENT)
showing good judgment; able to be trusted:
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wisdom
- wise
- wisely
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sound adjective (COMPLETE)
complete:
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Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- plain
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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Idiom(s)
soundadverb, adjective [ before noun ]
uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/(of sleep) deep and peaceful:
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Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
- beauty
- bed
- bunk
- bye-byes
- catnap
- conk
- dead
- delayed sleep phase pattern
- disco nap
- hit
- kip
- sleep over
- sleeper
- sleepyhead
- slept
- soundly
- tuck
- tuck sb in
- turn
- turn in
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