How to pronounce sound?
This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of sound by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of sound through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.
IPA Transcription of sound is /sˈaʊnd/.
Definition of sound according to Wiktionary:
sound can be an adjective, an adverb, an interjection, a noun, a verb or a name
As an adjective sound can mean:
1. Healthy.
2. Complete, solid, or secure.
3. Having the property of soundness.
4. Good; acceptable; decent.
5. Quiet and deep. ''[[sound asleep.
6. Heavy; laid on with force.
7. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
As an adverb sound can mean:
Soundly.
As an interjection sound can mean:
Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
As a noun sound can mean:
1. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
2. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
3. A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
4. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
5. Earshot, distance within which a certain noise may be heard.
6. A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean.
7. The air bladder of a fish.
8. A cuttlefish.
9. An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
10. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
As a verb sound can mean:
1. To produce a sound.
2. To convey an impression by one's sound.
3. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
4. To resound.
5. To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law.
6. To cause to produce a sound.
7. To pronounce.
8. Dive downwards, used of a whale.
9. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
10. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
11. To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
As a name sound can mean:
The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.
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