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outsound

outsound verb: to sound out (all senses).

Verb

outsound (third-person singular simple present outsounds, present participle outsounding, simple past and past participle outsounded)

  1. (rare) To sound out (all senses)
  2. To surpass in sounding.

Forms of outsound

third-person singular presentoutsounds
present participleoutsounding
past participleoutsounded
pastoutsounded

Origin of outsound

From Middle English outsounen, outsownen, equivalent to out- + sound.

Questions about outsound

What does outsound mean?
Outsound means to sound out (all senses).
What part of speech is outsound?
Outsound is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsound?
The past tense of outsound is outsounded.

Words near outsound in the dictionary

  1. outsoling
  2. outsophisticate
  3. outsophisticated
  4. outsophisticates
  5. outsophisticating
  6. outsound
  7. outsounded
  8. outsounding
  9. outsounds
  10. outsource
  11. outsourceable

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