sound out en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.
You'll have to ask them—sound them out.
1918, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 24, in The Valley of the Giants:
- (transitive) To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.
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(intransitive) To speak or sing loudly, to call out.
Sound out, voices of young men! loudly and musically call me by my nighest name!
c. 1855, Walt Whitman, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, stanza 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sounds out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sounded out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sounded out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sounding out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
to check out (to question and listen attentively) · to feel out (to question and listen attentively)
Translations (11)
io presavigar (to question and listen attentively to discover a person's opinion) · vi ráp vần (to pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters) · de aussprechen (to pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters) · de anstimmen (to speak or sing loudly) · vi kêu vang (to speak or sing loudly) · ca sondar (to question and listen attentively to discover a person's opinion) · de aushorchen (to question and listen attentively to discover a person's opinion) · de artikulieren (to pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters) · pl wybrzmiewać (to pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters) · pl wybrzmieć (to pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters) · vi thăm dò (to question and listen attentively to discover a person's opinion)