Sound Sounded I Saʊnd Doesn’t Explanation Reasonable Leo

• his voice sounded strange on the phone.
• she didn't sound surprised when i told her the news.
• his explanation sounds reasonable to me.
• leo made it sound so easy. but it wasn't.

sound

1. to give a particular impression when heard or read about
• His voice sounded strange on the phone.
• She didn't sound surprised when I told her the news.
• His explanation sounds reasonable to me.
• Leo made it sound so easy. But it wasn't.
• He doesn’t sound French—and he doesn’t look it.
• She sounds just the person we need for the job.
• You sounded just like your father when you said that.
• I hope I don’t sound as if/as though I’m criticizing you.
2. giving the impression of having a particular sound
• an Italian-sounding name
• fine-sounding words
3. to produce a sound; to make something such as a musical instrument produce a sound
• The bell sounded for the end of the class.
• Passing motorists sounded their horns in support.
4. to give a signal such as a warning by making a sound
• When I saw the smoke, I tried to sound the alarm.
• Scientists have sounded a note of caution on the technique.
• Leaving him out of the team may sound the death knell for our chances of winning (= signal the end of our chances).
5. to pronounce something
• You don't sound the ‘b’ in the word ‘comb’.
6. to measure the depth of the sea or a lake by using a line with a weight attached, or an electronic instrument
7. to be very similar to something
• Their latest single sounds suspiciously like the last one.
8. used to agree to a suggestion that you think is good
9. to express feelings or opinions of a particular kind
• She sounded a note of warning in her speech.
• The touch of cynicism struck a slightly sour note.

Extra Examples

• He doesn’t sound French—and he doesn’t look it.
• Her explanation sounds reasonable to me.
• I hope I don’t sound as if I’m criticizing you.
• Leo made it sound so easy. But it wasn’t.
• She sounds like just the person we need for the job.
• An alarm sounded two minutes after midnight.
• At that moment the dinner gong sounded.
• The bell sounded for the end of class.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they sound
• he / she / it sounds
• past simple sounded
• past participle sounded
• -ing form sounding

Word Origin

• verb senses 1 to 5 and sound off. Middle English soun, from Anglo-Norman French soun (noun), suner (verb), from Latin sonus. The form with -d was established in the 16th cent. sound somebody out/sound something out. Middle English: from Old English gesund, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch gezond and German gesund. verb sense 6 late Middle English: from Old French sonder, based on Latin sub- ‘below’ + unda ‘wave’.