Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sound out

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: sound out
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.

Transitive verb

verb

To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.

Transitive verb

verb

To speak or sing loudly, to call out.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"You'll have to ask them—sound them out."
"Sound out, voices of young men! loudly and musically call me by my nighest name!"

Usage

Inflected Forms

sounds out (present, singular) sounding out (participle, present) sounded out (participle, past) sounded out (past)

Synonyms

to feel out to check out check out feel out pronounce articulate enounce enunciate say

Questions

What does sound out mean?: To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.

How to pronounce sound out

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