Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sounding

/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
sound-ing
IPA
/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of the verb to sound.

adj

Emitting a sound.

adj

Sonorous.

verb

present participle and gerund of sound

noun

A test made with a probe or sonde.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A measured depth of water.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/
  • British English: /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

soundings (plural)

Derived Forms

soundingly soundingness unsounding

Phrases

co-sounding echo sounding high-sounding radio sounding sounding balloon sounding board sounding-board sounding line

Synonyms

looking

Rhymes With

surrounding founding pounding astounding rounding grounding compounding resounding rebounding confounding bounding hounding

Questions

How do you pronounce sounding?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsaʊndɪŋ/.
What does sounding mean?
The action of the verb to sound.
Where does sounding come from?
From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.

How to pronounce sounding

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈsaʊndɪŋ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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